This article “On Repentance” is from the well known Treasury of Orthodoxy (chapter 18) of Bishop Theophilos of Campania (1749-1795). By Bishop Theophilos of Campania *1. Repentance wipes out post-baptismal sins Spiritual Master: O my child, we were reborn with holy baptism, we were armed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit through Chrismation and the divine grace of the …
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Matthew 18:23-35 Dearly beloved, it was Socrates who once said that: “False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil”. Yet I tell you that one of the greatest evils that confronts each and every person upon this planet, (which echoes this wise saying of Socrates); is when we falsely seek forgiveness and merely …
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSTtM_4uH98] Introduction The experience of Lent is a spiritual journey whose purpose is to transfer us from one spiritual state to another, a dynamic passage. For this reason the church commences Lent with the great repentance Canon of St Andrew of Crete. This repentant lamentation conveys to us the scope and depth of sin, shaking the soul with despair, …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.