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Showing posts with label Death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death. Show all posts
June 16, 2022

The Terrible Process of Execution and Its Peaceful Confrontation by Anthony (Frank Atwood - Monk Ephraim)

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By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou In previous posts I referred to the issue of Anthony's death sentence and aske...
June 8, 2022

Frank Atwood, Who Was Tonsured a Monk With the Name Ephraim, Has Been Executed

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It was confirmed not long ago that Frank Atwood was executed this morning by the State of Arizona through lethal injection. Atwood was sedat...
June 7, 2022

A Final Correspondence Between Anthony (Frank) Atwood and Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos Before His Execution

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 By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou In a previous text I announced that Anthony, Frank Atwood, had been scheduled to ...
March 30, 2022

The Death Prayer of Venerable Parthenius of Kiev

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 The Death Prayer By Venerable Parthenius of Kiev 1. When I, dejected by illness, feel the approach of the end of my earthly existence: Lord...
February 3, 2022

Second Homily for the Day of the Reception of the Lord (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

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By Archpriest Rodion Putyatin "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy s...
December 29, 2021

On the Death of Children and the Slaughter of the Innocents (St. Paisios the Athonite)

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"Having in mind that God will reward in Heaven whoever goes through trials and knowing what awaits them in the next life, this makes th...
September 7, 2021

Monk Ghenadie of Neamt, Who Died on his Knees in Prayer at the Age of 96

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  Monk Ghenadie of Neamt Monastery in Romania was born on 19 May 1927 and reposed on 3 September 2021. He was found in his monastic cell d...
March 23, 2021

An Old Local Liturgical Custom Came to Light Last Week in Crete

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Greek media reported a great tragedy last week, when on Wednesday afternoon a little boy who was two and a half years old was found in a b...
March 13, 2021

Which Is Better for the Dead, Prayer or Almsgiving?

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In a recorded discussion, Saint Iakovos Tsalikes said the following: Someone once told me: "Father, our relatives drowned while out on ...
March 6, 2021

Saint Paisios and the Soul of Old Thanasis

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  “As  soon  as  I  went  to  live  at  the  skete,”  recalls  Saint  Paisios, “an elderly  gentleman  whom everyone referred to as old Than...

Prayer for the Dead

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  Prayer for the Dead By John Henry Blunt, of the Church of England A custom which has prevailed in many nations, and may be regarded as fou...

Saturday of Souls (Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos)

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  By Archimandrite Epiphanios Theodoropoulos The Saturday after the Sunday of the Prodigal Son is called the "Saturday of Souls" o...

Commemorating the Dead on Meatfare Saturday (St. Theophan the Recluse)

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By St. Theophan the Recluse Now the Holy Church directs our attention beyond the borders of our present life, to our fathers and brothers wh...
December 1, 2020

Patriarch Pavle of Serbia and the Turbulent Airplane

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    Once, when Patriarch Pavle of Serbia was traveling by airplane, on a flight abroad, they entered into a turbulence zone and a loud bang...
November 5, 2020

The Last Message of Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic of Montenegro from the Hospital

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  On October 30th Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic, Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, died from a COVID-...
July 9, 2020

Maria Aroni: The 75 Year Old Vigilant Guardian at the Grave of Archbishop Christodoulos

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Maria Aroni is a 75 year old woman who daily visits the grave of the late Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece at the First Ce...
June 6, 2020

Concerning Those Who Are Asleep (St. Gregory of Nyssa)

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Concerning Those Who Are Asleep By St. Gregory of Nyssa "The divine stamp sealed us right from the beginning, not ...
May 15, 2020

When Funerals Are Not Beneficial and It Is More Compassionate to the Dead to Not Conduct Them (From the Life of Saint Pachomios the Great)

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Life of Saint Pachomios the Great Chapter Three And it came to pass once that Abba Pachomios went to another monastery to visit the breth...
May 1, 2020

"Behold, How a Righteous Man Dies!"

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By St. Nikolai Velimirovich A devout elder lay on his death bed. His friends gathered around him and mourned him. With that, the elder lau...
April 20, 2020

The Brightest Paradise is Opened on the First Day of Pascha

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By Sergei V. Bulgakov According to popular belief, the brightest paradise is opened on the first day of Pascha, and its gate remains opene...