11/28/2018
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
Our saints strove to ensure that the Liturgy never ceased, even when there were a minimum of possible external conditions for this.
The most dangerous sin is the one that we have neglected, about which we thought, “Well, never mind! There’s nothing so bad about it.”
May God grant us all to try to justify people, pray for them and implore God, saying, in Thy Kingdom remember us, O Lord, when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom.”
The Lord puts the fulfilment of the commandments first.
This is a very important subject, because we all run the risk of ending up in a similar position, fulfilling every external obligation and living an absolutely “correct” Christian life outwardly, yet leaving our souls empty.
How can a man restore his spiritual peace if he’s lost it? How can he preserve it in an environment of uncertainty, overwhelmed by all sorts of fears?
Amazing! You would think that all reasonable people would agree on what’s written in the Gospel: We must love our neighbors, forgive them, and live in peace. Nevertheless, not a single religion has been subjected or is being subjected to such persecutions as Christianity.
Hieromonk Athanasy (Deryugin)
Even for many believers, monasticism is an incomprehensible phenomenon. Why should someone suddenly consciously complicate his life: constantly praying and obeying his spiritual guide in everything. Hieromonk Athanasy (Deryugin), the dean of Sretensky Monastery, speaks about how he made his own choice.
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deriugin)
We hear about the most important icon veneration in the prayer that a priest reads when he blesses icons, which says that icons are created so that, looking upon them, people would glorify the Lord God and try to emulate the life of the holy God-pleasers depicted on these holy icons.
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After all, the whole secret of life is in that everything should be done, not according to my petty will or my pitiful little mind. The Only Wise and Good Will must reign in everything, and our job is to not prevent it from being carried out both in us, and through us.
