The man who was a fool

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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The man who was a fool

Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is the story of a man who by all modern standards would be considered eminently successful. Yet Jesus called him a fool.

Venerable Hilda, Abbess of Whitby

Commemorated November 17/30 (repose) and August 25/September 7 (translation of relics)

Dmitry Lapa

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Venerable Hilda, Abbess of Whitby

Commemorated November 17/30 (repose) and August 25/September 7 (translation of relics)

Dmitry Lapa

The wisdom and prudence of this holy woman were held in such high esteem that even kings and bishops asked for her advice. Venerable Hilda took special care of the poor and the oppressed, for which she was revered and loved as “the mother of her country”.

Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid and Bulgaria

Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid and Bulgaria

Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid

We do not gain any rest, and it is clear from all the cares that come from our further efforts that we are piling up for ourselves only a great multitude of sins. Yet the foolish man says, I will pull down my barns, and build greater.

Children in Church

Anna Erakhtina

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Education

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Children in Church

Anna Erakhtina

Most parents have run up against the fact that at a certain age, children are not able to concentrate on the services; they become capricious and distract other parishioners from a concentrated experience of the Divine services. What we do when this happens—become a source of trouble for those around you, or limit the time you and you children attend church?

During the Nativity Fast

Archpriest Victor Potapov

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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During the Nativity Fast

Archpriest Victor Potapov

Why did we imagine that without Him, without communing of Him, we could live and accomplish anything? Why did we imagine that without communing of Christ, we could rid ourselves of our sins, of our sorrows and disappointments, of our despondency, our coarseness and despair? Why did we imagine that we could obey His commandment and love one another without communing of His Body, which is also His Church?