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Showing posts with label Theodicy/Evil/Suffering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theodicy/Evil/Suffering. Show all posts
September 12, 2022

Saints Demetrios, Evanthia and Demetrian as Models for our Lives

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Sts Demetrios, Evanthia and Demetrian (Feast Day - September 11) By Protopresbyter Fr. George Papavarnavas Saints Demetrios and Evanthia wer...
June 7, 2022

"Because God Loves You, He Kept You From Seeing What You Just Saw" (A Miracle of Saint Panagis Basias)

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  A Testimony of Gerasimos Drakopoulos  Regarding a Miracle of Saint Panagis Basias When I was 12 years old, one night when I was sitting ou...
December 29, 2021

Why Did Christ at His Birth Allow Infants to be Slaughtered Because of Him? (St. Photios the Great)

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By Saint Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople ( Amphilochia , Question 26) Why did Christ at His birth allow infants to be slaughtered becau...
December 28, 2021

Parable of the Destitute Child

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Parable of the Destitute Child   On the street, a man saw a naked child. He was hungry and shivered from the cold. The man got angry and tu...
October 26, 2021

Saint Demetrios and the Bitter Woman

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It was around the beginning of the 20th century when in Aitoliko a pious and faithful woman suddenly became a widow. Helpless and sad as she...
August 22, 2021

Homily for the Ninth Sunday of Matthew - Courage in the Midst of Difficulties (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

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  By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou Homily for the Ninth Sunday of Matthew (14:22-34) Courage in the Midst of Diffic...
August 11, 2021

Where Is God in Everything That Is Taking Place?

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"Where is God in everything that is taking place?  He is right there where we left Him... To the side!" - Metropolitan Pavlos of S...
June 6, 2021

Sunday of the Blind Man - The Manifestation of the Works of God

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 By Archpriest Rodion Putyatin (1807-1869)   "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made m...
May 6, 2021

The Bright Example of the Much-Contested Job (Elder Ephraim of Arizona)

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By Elder Ephraim of Arizona Today our Orthodox Church celebrates the holy and much-contested Job, the righteous Job. Why? Because he contest...
June 11, 2020

We Must Bear Our Cross With Patience (St. Luke of Simferopol)

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By St. Luke of Simferopol Our life, the life of each person, is sorrow and pain. All these sorrows in our social and family life are our C...
March 26, 2020

The Panagia in the Intensive Care Unit - A Modern Testimony

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By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou The area of ​​the intensive care unit is a place where the fight against death i...
March 23, 2020

A Treatise Offered in a Time of Pestilence by St. Cyprian of Carthage

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The Plague of Cyprian was a pandemic that afflicted the Roman Empire from about AD 249 to 262. The plague is thought to have caused widespr...
August 19, 2019

Unexpected Misfortunes and the Providence of God

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By St. Nikolai Velimirovich When an unexpected misfortune happens to us who are innocent, we should not immediately grieve but rather we s...
July 27, 2017

"Saint Panteleimon Took the Hit" - St. Paisios the Athonite

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St. Paisios the Athonite holding an icon of St. Panteleimon - Elder, I'm sick. Say a prayer that I may become well.   - It will not be ...
July 24, 2017

Saint Christina the Great Martyr as a Model for our Lives

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St. Christina of Tyre (Feast Day - July 24) By Protopresbyter Fr. George Papavarnavas Saint Christina was born in Tyre around the year ...
April 4, 2017

Saint Joseph the Much-Ailing of the Kiev Caves Lavra

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St. Joseph the Much-Ailing (Feast Day - April 4) Saint Joseph the Much-Ailing lived during the fourteenth century. He suffered from vari...
March 2, 2017

Saint Euthalia as a Model for our Lives

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Holy Virgin Martyr Euthalia (Feast Day - March 2) By Archimandrite Fr. George Papavarnavas Saint Euthalia lived in Sicily during the ea...
December 2, 2016

Holy Prophet Habakkuk as a Model for our Lives

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Holy Prophet Habakkuk (Feast Day - December 2) By Protopresbyter Fr. George Papavarnavas The Prophet Habakkuk was the son of Shaphat an...
November 6, 2016

Commemoration of the Falling of Ash from the Sky in 472 AD

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SYNAXARION On this day [November 6th] we commemorate the philanthropy of God after the falling ash under Leo the Great. Verses You threa...
July 20, 2016

What Saint Paisios the Athonite Said About the Prophet Elijah

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- Elder, I am jealous of a fellow sister nun. - I know which sister you are jealous of, but I learned that she also is jealous of you! I p...