Macedon | August 7, 2022
~+~ “The people that we would attract with an example of living a pious life may not be many, but they will stay with us, in the Church. People who will be attracted only by some sort of form, by marketing, by a position of power, by material goods, by financial or other interest,…etc., might […]
Macedon | July 22, 2022
~+~ The egoism that we all have in us, and is a result of the fall (apostasy), is overcome only through obedience. Otherwise, it will always keep us anchored down. Egoism is the fulfilment of passions. Passions make man egoist. A person who constantly indulges in passions, trying to satisfy them, does not think of […]
Macedon | July 21, 2022
~+~ We have interpreted this gospel reading many times previously. We have already understood the stupidity of the Gergesenes, who, for the sake of satisfying their low passions (love of pleasures), expelled Christ from their region, i.e. from themselves. With the loss of the pigs, they lost the opportunity to overeat, and the excessive consumption […]
Macedon | July 20, 2022
~+~ Ова евангелие сме го толкувале многупати до сега. За глупавоста на гергесенците веќе разбравме, кои што заради задоволувањето на своите ниски страсти (сластољубие) го протерале Христос од нивниот крај т.е. од самите нив. Со загубата на свињите ја изгубиле можноста да се прејадуваат, а прекумерното конзумирање на месо бара и пиење на многу вино, […]
Macedon | May 15, 2022
~+~ Conversation between the Elder and the Student Student: It seems to me that the view of Elder Seraphim is too strict. Elder: It looks like that only when you examine it superficially. It seems like that because of the insufficient understanding of the great spiritual riches hidden within Christianity. Blessed Seraphim expressed not only his own opinion, […]
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