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The Holy Fire has descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as seen on the channel One Day.
The Holy Light descended at about 2:36 PM.
It appeared in the edicule (the small chapel built over the burial place of Christ) about five mintues after the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, entered there to patiently pray and wait.
"Through fasting a person becomes meek, a lamb. If he turns into a beast, it means one of two things: either that his undertaken asceticism exceeds his strength, or what he was doing was selfishness and therefore receives no divine help. Because if he fasts and has proud thoughts that what he performs makes him important, then all of his fasting is as nothing."
✝️ St. Paisios of Mt. Athos
What a gift to the world St. Paisios is 🙏 
Patience is our spiritual defense and humility our greatest weapon against the devil. The greatest balm that Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross gave us is the crushing of the devil.
After the Crucifixion of Christ, the devil is like a snake with no fangs, with no poison; he is like a wild dog without teeth. All poison was removed from the devil; all teeth were removed from the wild dogs that are the demons. So, they are now disarmed, while we are armed with the Cross.
There is nothing, really nothing that the demons can do to a creature of God when we ourselves don’t hand over rights to them. They only make noise; they have no authority over people.
☦️Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
My first as an Orthodox Christian. Was incredible 🙏
I haven't listened to this yet but will be doing so throughout the day. Relevant for sure!
Counterflow with Buck Johnson: Ep. 358 - An Orthodox Look at Christian Nationalism, with Ben Dixon
Starting from: 00:00:00
Episode webpage: https://deathtotyrants.libsyn.com/ep-358-an-orthodox-look-at-christian-nationalism-with-ben-dixon
Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deathtotyrants/Counterflow_-_Ep._358_-_Ben_Dixon.mp3?dest-id=641795#t=0
Confession works for a lot of reasons, one of them being a "beauty first approach". Dr. Patista's goes into great detail on this very subject in his book, "The Ethics of Beauty".
I cannot and will not stop recommending his book. 🙏☦️
GM ☦️☕
Whoa.... Did not have Kat Von D as a convert to Orthodox Christianity on my bingo card... Glory to God! ☦️
He who holds all things in His hand consents to be hung upon the wood in order to save mankind.
—from Kathisma (Tone 1) of Holy Monday Bridegroom Matins
