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Father Cleopa, about the Biggest Concern on New Year

These are my thoughts for the New Year! Let us thank the Holy Trinity and Theotokos, our intercessor, because she made us worthy of living another year.
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Humbleness and Kindness Make the Family Strong

The first leading virtues that make humans beautiful are humbleness and most of all kindness: “a little kindness values more than a lot of knowledge”.
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Don’t Think Highly of Yourself

If you are fought by anger, maybe because you were insulted by someone who challenged you to insult back even more fiercely than they did, look down to the ground and remember you were fashioned of…
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God, Give Me Joy!

We do need joy, as for this reason we were created by God. But spiritual joy is not same as the joy of this world. True spiritual joy means having a free heart, filled with the peace of Jesus. We…
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What is Love and What is Not?

Beauty and passion are pleasant, but what do you do if you're sick or you had an accident and you have lost your beauty and health? Not everyone will want to clean your bedpan and watch at your…
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He who sows slander collects judgement

You will not be able to collect any words that you scatter every moment through your tongue, nor turn back your bad speech and the gossip on your neighbours.
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The dark side of our imagination

St. Hesychius of Sinai teaches that imagination was the main cause of man’s fall: ‘And so it separated Adam from God, giving him visions of divine dignity. And so the liar and cunning enemy tends to…
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Without self-sacrifice there is no salvation

Usually, when it comes about himself, man is always unfair and changes the scale; he is more rightful towards himself, he chooses the better, the biggest, and the most beautiful part: he cries and…
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Please God, watch my mouth!

Learn how to keep quiet even when it’s not bad to talk just to get used to this.
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How can we fight against selfishness?

First of all, we should start by realising that we are selfish, and after to pray to the Lord to soften our heart, to make ourselves better and be ashamed of our selfishness.
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Don’t seek for power, and God will give it to you!

Those who’ve lost power of their own soul, how can they reign over the others? Don’t seek for power, and God will give it to you, be the master of your own sins, and when time will come, He will give…
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