Wishing you all the Bright Joys of the Fast!
May your journey to Pascha be Peaceful and Fruitful!
Great Lent/Holy Week/Pascha – Resource
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Clean Monday, Great Lent, Holy Week – Past Posts
Photo with Scripture Quote by Juliana
Let us Spring Clean our souls, Grow in God’s Grace… and Bloom in His Sonshine! May our Great Lenten Journeys be Peaceful, and Fruitful – helping us see Christ in others.
Wishing you all the Bright Joys of the Fast!
Lightfare
Daily Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim
Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
Bending the Knees of the Heart
Savouring Great Lent
Beauty of Holiness
Nothing Higher on Earth
God’s Beautiful Promise in the Sky
St. Patrick Enlightener of Ireland
Skylark Buns Tradition (Baked to celebrate the Feast of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste)
Lazarakia Bun Recipe (Traditionally baked for celebrating Lazarus Saturday and/or Palm Sunday)
Eleos
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Greetings on Clean Friday!
The word alms in Old English was aelmysse. In Latin – eleemosyna.
Alms in Greek is eleemosune – meaning compassion; while eleemon and eleos, also used for alms – imply mercy.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. ~ Matthew 5:7
A poor man when he reaches out to you does not beg, but offers you the Kingdom of God. ~ St. Arsenie Papacioc
He who gives alms in imitation of God does not discriminate between the wicked and the virtuous, the just and the unjust, when providing for men’s bodily needs. ~ St. Maximos the Confessor
Sins are purged by alms and acts of faith. ~ St. Clement of Alexandria
May your Lenten Journey be peaceful and fruitful.
Two Thoughts
A view over/above the Royal Doors to the altar’s rear wall, at St. Nicholas Orphanos Church, Thessaloniki – 2017 visit. The ancient interior frescoes are dated from 1310 – 1320 AD.
Greetings on Clean Thursday!
Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, “You are a saint,” the other, “You won’t be saved.” Both of these thoughts are from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. But think this way: I am a great sinner, but the Lord is merciful. He loves people very much, and He will forgive my sins. ~ St. Silouan the Athonite
May your Lenten Journey be peaceful and fruitful.
Lover of Silence
Greetings on Clean Wednesday.
These profound silence quotes are by the 7th century St. Isaac of Syria
If you love truth, be a lover of silence. In the beginning we have to force ourselves to be silent. But then, something is born that draws us to silence. May God give you the experience of this something that is born in silence.
Silence is the mystery of the world to come.
Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire to be known or admired by others, but wishes to plunge from himself into himself, to become nothing, as if he had never been born. When he is completely hidden to himself in himself, he is completely with God.
Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.
Silence is a mystery of the age to come, but words are instruments of this world.
Not every quiet man is humble, but every humble man is quiet.
May your Lenten Journey be peaceful and fruitful.
Garment of Forgiveness
Greetings on Clean Tuesday!
When you are ready to stand in the presence of the Lord, let your soul wear a garment woven from the cloth of your forgiveness of others. Otherwise your prayer will be of no value whatsoever. ~ St. John Chrysostom
May your Lenten Journey be peaceful and fruitful.
Daily Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim
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The crocus is also known as the penitent flower.
Happy Clean Monday!
During the week days of Great Lent… we say this beautiful and ancient prayer by St. Ephraim the Syrian (4th century).
