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Byzantine Music Heals Depression

Byzantine music is very easy when the soul loves it. Great is the peace that it brings to the soul. The one who knows music and is humble has the Grace of God. He is ready to be angry but he fears…
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In the End, Two Things Will Help Us

Church is our mother. Through Church we enter the world, the life and through it we leave this world and enter the eternal one.
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Fighting Thoughts – Past as Fault, Future as Fear, Sin as Constant Temptation

The devil, in order to trouble you, sends you all sorts of thoughts. About past, future, present, about the sins that you did or could do, through dreams or visions that may seem to be “from God.”
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My Lord, I Wish I Were Closer to You

In a way, it is not important that we have violated some rules but that we have trampled under our feet our unity with the Loved One and the only One Who loves us.
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The Pain of Those Who Cannot Speak

“Do not think that in hell God does not love, but love works in different ways” – between you and me, I think that people who talk the most about love are exactly those who do not understand it.
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Haste to Your Spiritual Father and You Will Win the Heaven

God bestowed us the Gospel and wishes that we follow its word, but He also teaches us through His grace.
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Hiding Your Sins in Confession Doubles Them

Every time you hide a sin that you carry it for many years, but you still have confessed and received communion in this time, the reality is that your sins are multiplied.
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Pray and You Will Find the Joy of Life

It is very good for Christians to pray incessantly, as God and the Apostle said “Pray without ceasing”, meaning all day and every minute
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Before Giving Birth Ask the Priest for Help

It is very important to ask for the help of the priest before giving birth. Either it is your spiritual father or just an ordinary priest, ask him to read a prayer for you to have an easy delivery.
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The Easy and Righteous Fast

The first step of fasting is abstinence from expensive and hearty food. This will ease the belly and body from the burden coming from abundant food. Also, the imagination is clean, because the…
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Through Sorrows We Achieve Salvation

Endure with patience all illness and sorrow that were bestowed upon you, so that you may remain on the right path.
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How to Benefit from Fasting?

If you see a poor man have mercy on him. If you see a beautiful woman, do not taint your heart with this thought. Not only your mouth should be fasting but also your eyes and ears, feet, hands and…
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You Are a Fighter? Then Be a Winner!

You, my dear, are one of these fighters! You are part of God’s soldiers on earth, fighting together with the heavenly host, for the Gospel’s victory.
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Parents and Spiritual Fathers Are to Teach the Child How to Pray

Prayer is necessary for all people in order to achieve their salvation and eternal happiness. Thus Christians need to learn how to pray to God since their infancy.
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Christ Loves More than the Devil Hates

Have you started to love your enemy yet? Do not isolate yourself. Your little finger may not seem very important but it plays a huge part in the anatomy of the human body. If you loved people as if…
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Fasting Is the Crown of Those Who Refrain Themselves

Fasting protects all virtues. It is the beginning of spiritual struggle, the crown of those who refrain themselves, the beauty of virginity and purity, the brilliance of wisdom, the beginning of the…
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Our Only Duty Is Love

Concerning money, we praise people who do not owe anything to anyone, but in the case of love we admire those who are always in debt. And, as in the first case it is a sign of lack of gratitude, in…
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Taking Care of Children Is the Greatest Prayer

With kind words the abbot said to the father: “I was glad for you last night. You sang all night and prayed. You did well! But you would have had a bigger blessing to sit a half an hour next to your…
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Letter to Your Heart

May I turn on the lights in your soul? I want to see all your wounds and cure them. I do not want to step on them and hurt you even more. It is cold in here, light the fire of love! Your heart is a…
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Give not Only What You Have but also What You Are – This Is How You Learn to Love

Saint Nicholas Velimirovich -Therefore, all Christians should know that there are three types of spirits: The Holy Spirit of God, the natural spirit and the demonic spirits. I repeat: man is as his…
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