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[Wolfgang @Zalmoxis7534]

“I also maintain that those who are punished in Gehenna are scourged by the scourge of love. For what is so bitter and vehement as the punishment of love? I mean that those who have become conscious that they have sinned against love suffer greater torment from this than from any fear of punishment. For the sorrow caused in the heart by sin against love is sharper than any torment that can be. It would be improper for a man to think that sinners in Gehenna are deprived of the love of God. Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all. The power of love works in two ways: it torments those who have played the fool, even as happens here when a friend suffers from a friend; but it becomes a source of joy for those who have observed its duties. Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret. But love inebriates the souls of the sons of Heaven by its delectability.”

- Saint Isaac the Syrian, Ascetical Homilies, Homily 28

[DNAmis @Uruk_Bye]

@Ayame5243 If I could get magna3 to ever drop, I may agree with you 😭

[DNAmis @Uruk_Bye]

@abighamb Always wanted to play Exalted, but I figure the crowd involved would be V:tM level or worse 😭

[DNAmis @Uruk_Bye]

@PolytropicSage I hope it's true. May all be saved.

[DNAmis @Uruk_Bye]

@Fragbaza May Monk Varfolomey pray for us. Lord, have mercy.

[Wolfgang @Zalmoxis7534]

‘Regarding mentioning your deceased parents. Above all, I think that children are always obliged to pray for their parents, whatever they may have been during their lifetime – monsters, blasphemers and persecutors of the faith. I am convinced that St. Martyr Barbara prayed for her father who killed her. Your parents were Christians. If, according to the Word of God, “in every nation the one who fears Him and walks in righteousness is acceptable to Him” (Acts 10: 35), how much more does this apply to those who believe in the One God, glorified in the Trinity, and who profess Christ, came in the flesh.

Orthodoxy is dearest to me. I cannot compare it with any other confession, with any other faith. But I dare not assert that all the non-Orthodox have perished hopelessly. The mercy of the Lord is great, and His deliverance is great (Ps. 129:7). Who can resist Him if He has decided to save someone? And the Lord wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:4). He cannot save only those who themselves do not desire salvation and stubbornly resist His outstretched right hand. And your parents, as Christians, wanted and sought salvation, but they did not know the way of Orthodoxy.’

- From the letters of St. Athanasius (Sakharov), Bishop of Kovrovsky (1887-1962) to Nun Varvara (Adamson)

[Brett Pike @ClassicLearner]

The Bolsheviks killed more ppl & committed more acts of systematic mass murder & pure horror than any other group in the 20th century. Yet it is nothing more than a footnote in our schools. We are taught that “we won the cold war,” but the truth is we were defeated from within.

[Retro Coast @RetroCoast]

Let me make this simple for you:

They took the crimes of the Bolsheviks, which were real, and projected them on the Germans.

[Dean Arnold @DeanChatt]

Tolkien understood that we are starving for an Enchanted World.

[DNAmis @Uruk_Bye]

@PolytropicSage Unfollowed.

[DNAmis @Uruk_Bye]

@plamoer Just lick and twist it. It'll learn.

[RT @RT_com]

Remains of Russian Saint Dmitry Donskoy DISCOVERED over 600 YEARS after death

Patriarch Kirill performs prayer before relics of warrior Prince of Moscow

Dmitry (1350–1389) is best known for leading Russian forces to victory over the Mongols, a pivotal moment in Russia's rise

[TheOrthodoxWay @_theorthodoxway]

“What is a merciful heart? It is a heart which is burning with love for the whole creation, for men, for the birds, for the beasts…for all creatures.”
- St. Isaac the Syrian

[VenomVaxo @VenomVaxo]

«— Как ты думаешь, — спросил о.Герман, — в чём смысл вс��х этих животных?
— Чтобы напомнить нам о Рае, — ответил о. Серафим.»

— Из жизни Братства прп. Германа Алясинского

[Angelina Serbska ☦️ @Angelina_Lina8]

Truly, O Lord, if we do not humble ourselves, Thou dost not cease to humble us.

St. Isaac the Syrian

[Theophan @uncreated_light]

St. Isaac the Syrian says passions are born from distractions, and sin from conversing with them. The spiritual life is just as much a matter of attention than it is about passions. Fix your attention to fix your passions.

— Orthodox Wisdom For The Modern World Volume 4

[Dean Arnold @DeanChatt]

Why is Mary a big deal?