Saint Macarius of Optina

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Parents, Entrust Your Children to the Mother of God’s Protection!

Try to prevent them from reading those books that are hostile to the truth: the fragile mind is a fertile ground to all sorts of impressions.
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You Shall Not Be Tempted Without Measure

Do not get discouraged in your spiritual fight with the unseen enemy of our souls.
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Making the sign of the Holy Cross – a reason to be ashamed of in modern society?

God says that we cannot serve two lords, God and the world, and Apostle Jacob shows that the one who wants to be the friend of the world, is the enemy of God. We cannot serve the world, i.e. the…
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In search for the peace of mind and heart?

Nobody can achieve peace and spiritual serenity without fighting temptation and patiently enduring sorrow. The truth is that God did the same before He died on the Cross. He was mocked, humiliated…
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If it’s useful for your salvation, God will allow for your marriage as well!

If this proposal to marriage will be useful for you, God will send His help and blessing, and if it isn’t then through His judgement he will undo this plan. Being at God’s mercy, at not seeking to…
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