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Posted By Macedon on June 17, 2024

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“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

Knowledge of God is not faith, it is not fantasy, it is not thinking, it is not an idea, it is not reading, it is not intellectual knowledge, it is not worldly education, it is not a good upbringing, it is not a custom, etc… And one finds himself robustly interpreting a purely affirmative phenomenon – something that is obtainable and can be known by experience. Unfortunately, he does not have the experience – therefore it is what it is.
Knowledge of God in the Orthodox Church means a full-of-grace experience of God in a purified heart, through the Orthodox spiritual life under the supervision of and obedience to a spiritual father, manifested as the prayer of the mind in the heart and made conscious (realized) by the enlightened mind. Only such knowledge of God certainly means eternal life.
From today’s Gospel reading (refer to: John 17: 1–13) we will pay special attention to the following passage: “Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You; For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known (understood) surely that I came forth from You, and they have believed that You have sent Me”

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Posted By Macedon on June 17, 2024

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„А животот вечен е тоа, да Те познаат Тебе, Единиот вистински Бог, и испратениот од Тебе Исус Христoс.“ Познанието на Бог не е вера, не е фантазија, не е размислување, не е идеја, не е читање, не е интелектуално знаење, не е световно образование, не е добро воспитување, не е обичај, итн. И се фаќа човек самиот себе како одречно толкува чисто потврдна појава – нешто што е достапно и може од опит да се познае. Арно ама, го нема опитот – па затоа така.

Познанието на Бог во Православната Црква значи благодатен опит на Бог во очистеното срце, преку православен духовен живот под надзор и во послушание на духовен отец, пројавено како умно-срдечна молитва и освестено од просветлениот ум. Само такво познание на Бог сигурно значи и живот вечен.

Од денешното евангелско четиво (Јован 17, 1–13) посебно внимание ќе обрнеме на следниот пасус: „Сега разбраа дека сè што си Ми дал е од Тебе; зашто зборовите што си Ми ги дал, им ги предадов, и тие ги примија и разбраа навистина оти од Тебе сум излегол, и поверуваа дека Ти си Ме пратил“.
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Posted By Macedon on June 13, 2024

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

Today we celebrate the event of Christ’s ascension to heaven. [The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord – is the day on which the Lord ascended into heaven (Acts 1: 1-12; Mark 16: 12-19; ​​Luke 24: 50-52).

After the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified on the Cross for us, for the redemption of our sins and deliverance from death, on the third day He rose from the dead. Doom (hell) could not hold captive the One who has power over life and death and Who is the creator of everything, the true God. Who, in order to show the truth of His resurrection and to show that He is the expected, promised and preached (prophesised) Messiah of the world, confirmed His resurrection through appearances (manifestation); first to the Most Holy Theotokos, then to the myrrh-bearing women, then to the apostles and all the others whom He chose to show Himself to.

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Posted By Macedon on June 13, 2024

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Во името на Отецот и Синот и Светиот Дух

На денешниот ден го славиме настанот на Христовото возенсението на небесата. [Празникот Вознесение Господово – е ден во кој Господ се вознесе на неботo (Дела. 1, 1-12; Мк. 16, 12-19; Лк. 24, 50-52).

Откако Господ Исус Христос се распна на Kрстот за нас, за откуп на нашите гревови и избавување од смртта, во третиот ден воскрена од мртвите. Пропаста (пеколот), не можеше да го задржи заробен Оној Кој има власт над животот и смртта и Кој е творец на се, вистинскиот Бог. Кој за да ја покаже вистинитоста на Своето воскресение и да покаже дека Тој е очекуваниот, ветениот и проповеданиот Месија на светот, го потврдуваше Своето воскресение преку јавувања; најпрво на Пресвета Богородица, потоа на жените мироносици, па на апостолите и на сите други кои Тој ги избрал да им се покаже.

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Posted By Macedon on June 13, 2024

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The feasts of the Lord are a good opportunity to remember some of the key events that enable our spiritual life in the Orthodox Church.

If the Son of God had not descended to earth among us, being incarnated Himself by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary (with Her free and loving permission), and if He had not become Man, we too would not have been able to ascend during the moment of the Little Entrance of the Holy Liturgy of the Church and stand before the throne of God.

If He had not been baptised, we too would not have been able to die for the sin and be alive for God in Him.

If He had not preached His Good News for the Kingdom of God, we too would not have been able to read and preach His New Testament at the Holy Liturgy of the Church.

If He had not sacrificed Himself on the Cross for us and our salvation, we too would not have been able to offer ourselves and our whole lives to the Holy Throne of God through the Gifts we offer to Him during the moment of Great Entrance of the Holy Liturgy.

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