Before modern Christianity’s “Seven Deadly Sins,’ classic Christianity diagnosed these major passions. Saint John Cassian calls these he eight deadly thoughts.
The cures are easy to list. No one is saying the cures are easy to implement. We will struggle against the passions as long as we live in this body – Unless we quit and let them win by default.
The pagan Roman emperors tried to completely eradicate from human memory the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and was resurrected for mankind. The emperor Hadrian (117-138) gave orders to cover over the ground of Golgotha and the
The Inquirer and Catechism class is an ongoing 30–40 minute class held throughout the year on Sundays after coffee hour. It covers the basics of Orthodox Christianity and is intended for anyone who would like to develop a broader understanding
The blessing of grapes as well as other fruits and vegetables on this day is a beautiful sign of the final transfiguration of all things in Christ.
“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”