“Pray, my child, for everything depends on prayer, and especially the salvation of our souls. When we pray with pain and humility, God hears our prayer and responds according to what is for our benefit. After we have prayed for something, it often happens that the will of God is
🔸 June 24 - The Nativity of Saint John the Forerunner ✍️🔸
Today, we commemorate the birth of the Holy Forerunner Saint John the Baptist.
Six months before the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, Saint John the Forerunner was born. He was a cousin of Christ through the lineage of
"If parents pass on their piety to their children, that will be the greatest inheritance they could possibly leave them."
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🔸 June 25 - Saint Febronia of Nisibis 🔸
Today, we commemorate the Holy Martyr Saint Febronia of Nisibis (today Nusaybin, Turkey). She was a nun who suffered for Christ during the persecutions of the Roman Emperor Diocletian.
St Febronia was born in 284. At age 17, she went to
"Often we encounter a person who imagines himself to be something great... this is very dangerous, because such a person has fallen into a state of inner pride. May God help him, for he has become united with Satan."
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Elder Ephraim would have turned 🎂97 on June
24.
He is one the most beloved contemporary elders and
he founded St Anthony Monastery in the Arizona
🏜️desert, USA.
«Τέτοια κληρονομικά που μας έχει αφήσει ο Χριστός δεν έχουμε δικαίωμα να την εξαφανίσουμε στις μέρες μας. Θα δώσουμε λόγο στον Θεό. Εμείς, το μικρό αυτό έθνος, πιστέψαμε στον Μεσσία, μας δόθηκε η ευλογία να διαφωτίσουμε όλον τον κόσμο».
Αγ. Παϊσίου Αγιορείτου: ΛΟΓΟΙ Β’
Your burden will one day become your resurrection, your sorrow—joy, and your endurance—eternal life! Cry out to the Lord with thanksgiving: The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord (Job 1:21).
+ Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona