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AWAKENING OF THE SOUL Our great Paschal concert, «Awakening of the Soul,» told a beautiful and true story — about the life of service in our monastery and the Love of God that brought it into being. It was also a living parable of multiplied talents, showing just how richly blessed our monastery truly is. More photos by Maxim Chernogolov.

Christianity is learned through practice, and reading of the Lives of the Saints is very important. Watching videos is not only unsafe, it ("Orthodox channels") guarantees distorted beliefs and a mix of heretical ideas in addition to some correct substrate.

☦️⚡️ Deadly sins by St Ignatius Brianchaninov, holy Bishop and hesychast "Deadly sins for a Christian are the following: heresy, schism, blasphemy, apostasy, witchcraft, despair, suicide, fornication, adultery, unnatural fornication, incest, drunkenness, sacrilege, murder, robbery, theft, and every cruel, inhumane offense."

Deadly sins for a Christian are the following: heresy, schism, blasphemy, apostasy, witchcraft, despair, suicide, fornication, adultery, unnatural fornication, incest, drunkenness, sacrilege, murder, robbery, theft, and every cruel, inhumane offense. St. Ignatius Brianchaninov

Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel. Fyodor Dostoevsky "The Brothers Karamazov”

🌳 🍄 🏡 High Trust Society | Klysi Kluisenaar My longest video ever. Intro: 00:00 The Occident is different 02:48 Genetic History and Indo European Legacy 09:44 Marriage and the Church 15:26 Manorialism and its consequences 22:54 Decline of Violence 32:23 Geography is a cope 35:40 Occident vs Orient 40:00 Conclusion 51:02 📎 「Klysi Kluisenaar」

Know that God rules the world; He has no unrighteousness. But His truth is different from human righteousness. God rejected human truth, because it is characterized by sin, lawlessness, and the fall from paradise. God established His all-holy truth, the truth of the Cross, which opens Heaven to us. It pleases Him that we enter the Kingdom of Heaven through many tribulations (Acts 14:22). St Ignatius (Brianchaninov) The difficulties in our life are inevitable facts of life. As the Saint explains, there is no other path in this sinful corrupted world, which is not a paradise. And this is our choice whether we fall apart and fall from God losing eternity with Him out of blind despair, or we accept it as a matter of life course and become stronger and wiser, even through pain and tears. Remember that even the Apostles who knew Christ personally while He was on earth , didn’t get a perfect world life. But what they got was srong faith to overcome everything trying to share this faith with others and to reach Heavenly Kingdom.

Researchers recover 42 lost pages from 6th-century manuscript of St. Paul’s letters https://orthochristian.com/177233.html The recovered text contains known portions of Paul’s Letters but offers insight into how the New Testament was understood and transmitted in the early centuries of the Church.

*Gain an understanding of the faith* God’s people must have a thorough understanding of the Church’s doctrinal teachings. The laity must have a thorough understanding of the doctrine of our faith and the foundations of Orthodox spirituality, so that, should priests, bishops, or patriarchs ever stray and teach heresy, the people of God may and must be able to hold them accountable. *Fr. Athanasios Mytilineos*

📃 El 28 de abril de 1503, las tropas españolas bajo el mando de Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, el Gran Capitán, logran una victoria aplastante sobre el ejército francés en la batalla de Ceriñola (Nápoles). Este hito es considerado el nacimiento de la guerra moderna, al ser la primera batalla en la historia ganada por el uso masivo de armas de fuego portátiles. En las laderas de Ceriñola, el Gran Capitán revolucionó la táctica militar al combinar la defensa de los arcabuceros tras un foso y una empalizada con la fuerza de choque de la infantería. Los ataques de la caballería pesada y los piqueros suizos al servicio de Francia se estrellaron contra las ráfagas de fuego españolas, acabando con la superioridad de la caballería medieval. Esta victoria no solo garantizó la soberanía española sobre el Reino de Nápoles durante dos siglos, sino que sentó las bases organizativas de lo que pronto se convertiría en la unidad militar más temida del mundo: los Tercios españoles.

Having strengthened our soul by the thought of the boundless mercy, wisdom, omnipotence, and holiness of our Creator and Provider, we can pass through the course of our earthly life without fear and without disturbance, like a child in its mother's arms, like a ship with trusty anchors. And therefore "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.", "The Lord is my deliverer, in Whom I will trust.", "I will not be afraid for ten thousand of the people." However, while having trust, we must not ourselves be careless and idle. The essence of Christian hope is a lively, active, and constant aspiration after the Highest Blessing and the Source of all blessings, God, with an insatiable longing to come near or to Him and to receive from Him and in Him the kingdom of heaven, prepared before the creation of the world. From the Excerpts from the diary of St. John of Kronstadt on Providence and the Will of God

The United States accused the Russian Federation of "systematically using religious institutions", including the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), "to maintain geopolitical control and mobilize political resistance in neighboring states". https://raskolamnet.info/en/?p=104359 @raskolamneten

Metropolitan Nathanael (GOARCH) calls for prayer following fatal shooting of police officer https://orthochristian.com/177220.html The Metropolitan announced that the Metropolis of Chicago will organize a prayer service in the coming days and encouraged donations to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation.

Jordanville Monastery Supporters Plan Protest Against Wind Project JORDANVILLE, NY — An urgent call to action has been issued ahead of a planned wind-energy project near Holy Trinity Monastery, as clergy and faithful prepare for a peaceful demonstration on April 28 at 5:30 p.m. The appeal, blessed by Bp. Luke of Syracuse, urges participation in response to a proposed 70-turbine, 250-megawatt development by Terra-Gen Rolling Hills. Organizers say the project involves more than 17,000 acres of leased land surrounding the monastery. A “Landowner Dinner” hosted by the developer is scheduled for the same evening at Knotting Hill Farm, where demonstrators plan to gather on public land to express opposition to the project and support for the monastery. Subscribe for Orthodox News & Analysis Donate Venmo | PayPal | Patreon