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Here are some very inspiring articles relating to Br. Jose Munoz and the Miraculous Iviron Icon of the Mother of God. I found them really inspiring.



http://www.stjohndc.org/russian/english.htm


Nicholas

Sorry. I just realized that I can't copy a direct link to the exact section but if you ...

We can't even imagine how much our sweet Jesus suffered. More than the whole world alltogether! Not only the flagrum tore His flesh so that His bones could be seen, but the devil was given complete permission to torture Him...

Not only that, he carried the unbearable weight of the sins of all ...

God's Law

The task of man's earthly life is preparing himself for eternal salvation and beatitude. To attain this, a man must live in a holy and pure manner - that is, according to God's will.

How can one recognize this will of God? First of all, in one's conscience, which for this reason, is ...

Joshua Fraese wrote:

For those who couldn't be there:

Awww... their cuddling how cute.

Seriously, why do they have to like be all over each other like that. Its so gross. A normal greeting would have been fine, no? :ohvey:

I think everyone is talking about the same subject but form different angles, and everyone is correct.

We Orthodox know the path of salvation and recognize this as the ONLY means given to man. Clearly anyone not following this path is in dire straights, but so are we having been given everything ...

Can anyone cite any statemdnts by the Holy Fathers where any one has said that salvation MAY reside outside of the Holy Orthodox Church?






"When all the people in Babylon were worshipping the golden idol, the Three Holy Youths did not condemn anyone to hell. They did not concern themselves ...

'To those who would say that they were tormented by the passion of fornication, the Elder would say, "Death, death, death! The coffin, the shovel, the spade, the pickax... St Basil the Great says, 'When you see the most beautiful woman in the world, go with your mind to her grave a few days after ...