Fr. Daniel☦️

Anathema to those who madly say that for our salvation and cleansing from sins, the coming into the world of the Son of God in the flesh and His voluntary suffering, death, and resurrection were not necessary! 4th anathema of the Service on the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy

And since we feel ourselves indebted before God, we should not run after complaints, reproaches, and insults. Not only will the debt be paid with them, but also a great spiritual illness—pride—will be healed by applying these plasters, with God's help. St. Leo

Back home after graduation 😆 😆 😆

...A prayer is soulful when it is performed with the whole soul, involving the very body, when it is done from the entire being, with the whole being as if made into one mouth uttering the prayer. St. Ignatius Brianchaninov

Hieromonk Silouan (Brown) and Priest Christopher Kizito did prayers of healing for a severely disabled girl and anointed everyone who joined for the liturgy with myrrh from the Hawaiian Iveron Myrrh streaming icon of the mother of God.

A prayer is called wise when it is uttered by the mind with deep attention, accompanied by the sympathy of the heart; heartfelt when it is pronounced by the mind and heart united, with the mind as if descending into the heart and from the depths of the heart sending up the prayer

Every good deed and our faith must necessarily be tested. The test is carried out through sorrows. St. Nikon

Should we Denounce them that have Sinned? It is better to pray with good will for our neighbour, rather than to denounce him for every sin. St. Mark the Ascetic

Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, / Co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, / born for our salvation from the Virgin, / for He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh, / to endure death / and to raise the dead by His glorious resurrection.

50 Signs You Are Falling Away From the Church PRAYER & ASCETICISM 1. Daily prayer is fit in, when it can be done. Maybe. (At least, it used to be.) 2. Don’t bless the food each time you eat. 3. Your icons are dusty (from disuse). 4. Your prayer books are dusty (from disuse). 5.…

Axios!!! Ordination! Steven Nworie from Nigeria - into a priest. John Apostolos from Zambia - into a deacon.

Having struggled, thou wast seen to be an angel on the earth, O venerable one,/ ever illumining the thoughts of the faithful with divine signs.// Wherefore, we honor thee with faith, O Sisoes.

Thursday July 17, 2025 6th Week after Pentecost. Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia: Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarit-sa Alexandra, Crown Prince Alexis, and Grand-duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and those martyred with them (1918).

Without humility, one cannot be a disciple of Christ. Without humility, a person's heart will not accept or assimilate Christ's teaching.

Humility of heart inspires a person to be submissive to the will of God, to accept submissively everything that the Lord pleases to send a person on his way of life, to subdue his mind, his reasoning, his desires into obedience to Christ. St. Nikon