the city of god - death

In life we face death many times,

I would ask is it not better to suffer once and die, than to live in fear of all.

For death becomes evil only by the retribution which follows it.

Fear not then which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul.

be kind

today in this troubled time of covid19 let it be in your soul to have empathy on someone in need, the old are in desperate circumstances and a little kindness if only a hello or a greeting of hope can bring joy and endurance which is so much needed, be kind, just always be kind.

why easter is important

Jesus Christ in the Augustinian tradition represents the understanding that God gave His Son to the world in order to restore the order of the universe. For the Protestants, if one believes in God, one is “saved.”

https://russian-faith.com/explaining-orthodoxy/why-orthodox-christians-think-easter-more-important-christmas-n1361?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm

easter

https://russian-faith.com/brilliant-1600-year-old-sermon-still-read-every-orthodox-church-easter-night-n1373?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm

Mathew VII:34

Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

the pilgrims progress

Jacob's ladder

gen XXVIII:12

latest news

The reading of newspapers darkens the mind and hinders pure prayer

Farther silouan 

hail mary

for the sick, mentally challenged, disabled and aged in these difficult times

What Does the Bible Say About Doctors? - The Ascetic Experience

What Does the Bible Say About Doctors? - The Ascetic Experience

the cave of st mary of egypt

hail mary

For all the homeless, destitute and hungry in these days of turbulence

mathew

 i will be the clean _ mathew VIII.3

Christ delivering his sermon on the mount

follow me and I will make you fishers of men - Mathew 4:19