Chapter, Paragraph
1 Intro | Following the teachings of St. Ignatius of Antioch (†
2 Intro | absent [To the Trallians].~St. Cyprian of Carthage (†
3 Intro | blows where it will, and, as St. Irenaeus points out, where
4 1 | on that same day, after St. Peter had preached to the
5 1 | of Christians, headed by St. James, the Brother of the
6 1 | of the Christian Church, St. Stephen: And on that day
7 1,1 | The Holy Apostles. ~ ~St. Andrew the First-Called.~
8 1,1 | Andrew the First-Called.~St. Andrew was a Galilean fisherman
9 1,1 | Achaia on an X-shaped Cross (St. Andrew's Cross). Another
10 1,1 | Feast Day is November 30.~ ~ St. Bartholemew.~In Holy Scripture,
11 1,1 | Bartholemew.~In Holy Scripture, St. Bartholemew is to be identified
12 1,1 | Feast Day is June 11.~ ~St. James the Elder.~St. James
13 1,1 | St. James the Elder.~St. James the Elder (so-called
14 1,1 | from the other Apostle, St. James the Younger) and
15 1,1 | along with his brother and St. Peter, were especially
16 1,1 | Feast Day is April 30.~ ~St. James the Younger.~St.
17 1,1 | St. James the Younger.~St. James the Younger (so-called
18 1,1 | Alphaeus), was the brother of St. Matthew. In St. Mark's
19 1,1 | brother of St. Matthew. In St. Mark's Gospel he is said
20 1,1 | Judea and then accompanied St. Andrew to Edessa, preaching
21 1,1 | Feast Day is October 9.~ ~St. John.~St. John the Evangelist (
22 1,1 | is October 9.~ ~St. John.~St. John the Evangelist (also
23 1,1 | of Zebedee and brother of St. James the Elder. In Holy
24 1,1 | John 19:26), and it was at St. John's house that her Holy
25 1,1 | Holy Dormition occurred. St. John occupied an important
26 1,1 | ministry and, according to St. Paul, he, together with
27 1,1 | May 8 and September 26.~ ~St. Jude.~This Apostle, the
28 1,1 | attributed the Epistle of St. Jude. According to Church
29 1,1 | Feast Day is June 19.~ ~St. Lebbaeus.~[See St. Jude].~ ~
30 1,1 | 19.~ ~St. Lebbaeus.~[See St. Jude].~ ~ St. Matthew.~
31 1,1 | Lebbaeus.~[See St. Jude].~ ~ St. Matthew.~St. Matthew (also
32 1,1 | Jude].~ ~ St. Matthew.~St. Matthew (also called Levi
33 1,1 | 2:14)) was a brother of St. James the Younger and was
34 1,1 | According to Church tradition, St. Matthew preached to the
35 1,1 | Feast Day is November 16.~ ~St. Matthias.~According to
36 1,1 | According to the Acts, St. Matthias was chosen by
37 1,1 | Feast Day is August 9.~ ~St. Nathanael.~[See St. Bartholomew].~ ~
38 1,1 | 9.~ ~St. Nathanael.~[See St. Bartholomew].~ ~ St. Peter.~
39 1,1 | See St. Bartholomew].~ ~ St. Peter.~St. Peter was a
40 1,1 | Bartholomew].~ ~ St. Peter.~St. Peter was a brother of
41 1,1 | Peter was a brother of St. Andrew, and, together with
42 1,1 | Himself. The two Epistles of St. Peter are ascribed to him
43 1,1 | the other chief Apostle, St. Paul, on June 29.~ ~St.
44 1,1 | St. Paul, on June 29.~ ~St. Philip.~St. Philip, like
45 1,1 | on June 29.~ ~St. Philip.~St. Philip, like Peter and
46 1,1 | reason it is often called St. Philip's Fast).~ ~St. Simeon
47 1,1 | called St. Philip's Fast).~ ~St. Simeon Zealotes.~St. Simeon
48 1,1 | St. Simeon Zealotes.~St. Simeon Zealotes (or the
49 1,1 | that he was martyred with St. Jude in Persia. His Feast
50 1,1 | His Feast Day is May 10.~ ~St. Thaddaeus.~[See St. Jude].~ ~
51 1,1 | 10.~ ~St. Thaddaeus.~[See St. Jude].~ ~St. Thomas.~St.
52 1,1 | Thaddaeus.~[See St. Jude].~ ~St. Thomas.~St. Thomas, called
53 1,1 | St. Jude].~ ~St. Thomas.~St. Thomas, called Didymus (
54 1,1 | appears several times in St. John's Gospel, which gives
55 1,1 | According to Church tradition, St. Thomas preached in Parthia (
56 1,1 | Sunday following Holy Pascha (St. Thomas Sunday).~ ~Judas
57 1,1 | strangers in (Matt. 27:3-10).~ ~St. Paul.~St. Paul was a strict
58 1,1 | Matt. 27:3-10).~ ~St. Paul.~St. Paul was a strict Pharisee,
59 1,1 | consented to the stoning of St. Stephen, later actively
60 1,1 | this conversion experience, St. Paul went on to become
61 1,1 | Testament. Together with St. Peter, he is commemorated
62 1,2 | Other Apostles.~ ~St. Barnabas.~St. Barnabas,
63 1,2 | Apostles.~ ~St. Barnabas.~St. Barnabas, a good man, full
64 1,2 | associated with the work of St. Paul. It was Barnabas who
65 1,2 | Cyprus, of which Church St. Barnabas is said to have
66 1,2 | commemorated together with St. Bartholomew on June 11.~ ~
67 1,2 | Bartholomew on June 11.~ ~St. James the Brother of the
68 1,2 | the Brother of the Lord.~St. James was a half-brother (
69 1,2 | Jerusalem, being called by St. Paul a pillar of that Church,
70 1,2 | often called the Just), St. James was martyred there.
71 1,2 | to death. The Epistle of St. James is attributed to
72 1,2 | celebrated on October 23.~ ~St. Luke.~St. Luke, the Beloved
73 1,2 | October 23.~ ~St. Luke.~St. Luke, the Beloved Physician (
74 1,2 | and was a companion of St. Paul in his later missionary
75 1,2 | According to Church tradition, St. Luke was an iconographer
76 1,2 | the Most-Holy Theotokos. St. Luke died, unmarried, in
77 1,2 | commemorated on October 18.~ ~St. Mark.~The Second Gospel
78 1,2 | 10). In his 1st Epistle, St. Peter mentions Mark as
79 1,2 | According to Church tradition, St. Mark wrote his Gospel at
80 1,2 | what he had learned from St. Peter. He is said to have
81 1,4 | great Cappadocian Fathers, St. Gregory Nazianzus (the
82 1,4 | Nazianzus (the Theologian), St. Basil the Great and St.
83 1,4 | St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa, as well
84 1,4 | great Alexandrian Father, St. Athanasius the Great. The
85 1,4 | Supported primarily by St. Cyril of Alexandria, this
86 1,4 | the so-called Tome of Pope St. Leo the Great of Rome,
87 1,6 | Fathers of the Early Period.~ ~St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (†
88 1,6 | Bishop of Carthage († 258).~St. Cyprian, commemorated on
89 1,6 | ecclesiastical structure.~ ~St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch (†
90 1,6 | Bishop of Antioch († 107).~St. Ignatius was the second
91 1,6 | communities, as well as to St. Polycarp, which contain
92 1,6 | liturgy of the early Church.~ ~St. Irenaeus of Lyons († 202).~
93 1,6 | Irenaeus of Lyons († 202).~St. Irenaeus, who is commemorated
94 1,6 | August 23, was a disciple of St. Polycarp, and, as a Westerner,
95 1,6 | Westerner, he succeeded St. Photinus as Bishop of Lyons.
96 1,6 | traditions of his time.~ ~St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (†
97 1,6 | Bishop of Smyrna († 167).~St. Polycarp was a disciple
98 1,6 | Polycarp was a disciple of St. John the Theologian and
99 1,7 | Early Byzantine Period.~ ~St. Anthony the Great († 356).~
100 1,7 | Anthony the Great († 356).~St. Anthony, commemorated January
101 1,7 | monasticism, and The Life of St. Anthony, by St. Athanasius,
102 1,7 | Life of St. Anthony, by St. Athanasius, presents him
103 1,7 | the Orthodox teachings of St. Athanasius in Alexandria.~ ~
104 1,7 | Athanasius in Alexandria.~ ~St. Athanasius the Great, Patriarch
105 1,7 | Patriarch of Alexandria († 373).~St. Athanasius, commemorated
106 1,7 | of Christ and The Life of St. Anthony, which serve as
107 1,7 | monastic spirituality.~ ~St. Basil the Great, Archbishop
108 1,7 | Caesarea in Cappadocia († 379).~St. Basil, commemorated January
109 1,7 | Jan. 1), the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is served,
110 1,7 | actually of this Saint.~ ~St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria (†
111 1,7 | Patriarch of Alexandria († 444).~St. Cyril, commemorated on
112 1,7 | Third Ecumenical Council.~ ~St. Ephraim the Syrian († 373-
113 1,7 | Ephraim the Syrian († 373-9).~St. Ephraim, commemorated January
114 1,7 | work, The Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian, which
115 1,7 | services of Great Lent.~ ~St. Gregory the Theologian,
116 1,7 | Constantinople († 389).~St. Gregory, commemorated January
117 1,7 | fellow student and friend of St. Basil the Great and was
118 1,7 | honored (the others being St. John the Evangelist, and
119 1,7 | John the Evangelist, and St. Simeon the New Theologian),
120 1,7 | Theological Orations.~ ~St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa (
121 1,7 | Bishop of Nyssa (4th Cent.).~St. Gregory was the younger
122 1,7 | was the younger brother of St. Basil the Great and is
123 1,7 | including his Great Catechism.~ ~St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop
124 1,7 | Constantinople († 407).~St. John Chrysostom (the Golden-mouth),
125 1,7 | especially the Epistles of St. Paul, as well as other
126 1,7 | his On the Priesthood. To St. John is attributed the
127 1,7 | as in the case of that of St. Basil the Great, probably
128 1,8 | Later Byzantine Period.~ ~St. Gregory the Dialogist,
129 1,8 | Dialogist, Pope of Rome († 604).~St. Gregory the Dialogist,
130 1,8 | specially commemorated.~ ~St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop
131 1,8 | Thessalonica († ca. 1360).~St. Gregory, commemorated on
132 1,8 | true communion with God.~ ~St. John of Damascus (Damascene (†
133 1,8 | Damascus (Damascene († 776)).~St. John, commemorated December
134 1,8 | Orthodox liturgical services.~ ~St. Mark, Archbishop of Ephesus (
135 1,8 | of Ephesus (15th Cent.).~St. Mark, commemorated January
136 1,8 | of this false Council.~ ~St. Photius the Great, Patriarch
137 1,8 | Constantinople († 891).~St. Photius, commemorated February
138 1,8 | conversion of the Slavs.~ ~St. Simeon the New Theologian (†
139 1,8 | New Theologian († 1021).~St. Simeon, commemorated March
140 1,9 | was called Cyrillic (after St. Cyril). Using a local Macedonian
141 1,9 | traveled to Rome (where St. Cyril died)”and placed
142 1,9 | Moravia and after the death of St. Methodius in 885, his followers
143 1,9 | Romania and Bulgaria. Led by St. Clement of Ochrid (commemorated
144 1,9 | of Constantinople. Under St. Sava († 1237 — commemorated
145 1,0 | was founded in Kiev by St. Anthony († 1073 — commemorated
146 1,0 | 10), later reorganized by St. Theodosius († 1074 — commemorated
147 1,0 | 3 and August 14; he and St. Anthony are commemorated
148 1,0 | moved from Kiev to Moscow by St. Peter, Metropolitan of
149 1,0 | Saints shone in this period: St. Alexander Nevsky, Prince
150 1,0 | Germans and Lithuanians; St. Sergius of Radonezh (†
151 1,0 | of the famous Trinity — St. Sergius Monastery at Sergiev
152 1,0 | national figures (as was St. Sava in Serbia); and St.
153 1,0 | St. Sava in Serbia); and St. Stephen, Bishop of Perm (†
154 1,0 | Non-Possessors (followers of St. Nilus of Sora († 1508 —
155 1,0 | Possessors (followers of St. Joseph of Volokolamsk, †
156 1,0 | during this time, especially St. Tikhon of Zadonsk († 1783 —
157 1,0 | revitalizer of pastoral life, and St. Seraphim of Sarov († 1833 —
158 1,1 | Elder Silouan († 1938) of St. Panteleimon's Russian Monastery
159 1,1 | Founded in the 4th Century by St. Nina, Equal-to-the-Apostles (†
160 1,1 | consisting of a single monastery, St. Catherine's, at the foot
161 1,1 | of Japan was founded by St. Nicholas (Kassatkin), later
162 1,1 | Russian missionary, who knew St. Innocent of Alaska. At
163 1,2 | I related to [Fr. (later St.) Herman] how the Spaniards
164 1,2 | by the Hieromonk Gedeon, St. Petersburg, 1894.]~In 1798,
165 1,3 | Sergius Hermitage near St. Petersburg. While at the
166 1,3 | Diocese. The Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel was
167 1,4 | Americas.~John Popov (later St. Innocent) was born on August
168 1,4 | as well as the Gospel of St. Matthew, and even wrote
169 1,4 | cathedral there dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel.
170 1,4 | Church Calendar, styling him St. Innocent, Metropolitan
171 1,4 | supervision of the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg, and the long
172 1,4 | transferred to New York (St. Nicholas Cathedral, the
173 1,4 | donated to the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in
174 1,4 | dedicated to the memory of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk. The
175 1,4 | primacy. During this period, St. Vladimir's Seminary and
176 1,4 | Vladimir's Seminary and St. Tikhon's Pastoral School
177 1,4 | Jersey, as the Dean of the St. Nicholas Cathedral in New
178 1,4 | the Metropolia was held at St. Tikhon's Monastery in October
179 1,4 | intercession, together with that of St. Innocent and the Alaska
180 1,5 | the first Uniate parish, St. Mary's in Minneapolis,
181 1,5 | Sebastian Dabovich, dedicated to St. Sava, and until World War
182 2,3 | Thus, according to St. Simeon the New Theologian, “
183 2,3 | flanked by His Mother and St. John the Baptist, called
184 2,6 | Kiev, 1900, pp.301-302].~St. Sophronius, Patriarch of
185 2,6 | of the Holy Fathers..., St. Petersburg, 1855, Vol.
186 3,1 | greatest of the Prophets, St. John the Forerunner and
187 3,1 | and Hierarchs, especially St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
188 3,1 | Bright Week (the Eve of St. Thomas Sunday), the cycle
189 3,1 | Jan. 7 by the Synaxis of St. John the Baptist; and the
190 3,2 | Monday — angels, Tuesday — St. John the Baptist, etc.).
191 3,2 | of Christ) as if he were St. John the Forerunner, and
192 3,2 | the dismissal prayer of St. Simeon, Lord, now lettest
193 3,2 | Saints and the Prayer of St. Basil the Great. Thus,
194 3,2 | according to the command of St. Paul on prayer for the
195 3,2 | beside the Jordan River, St. John the Baptist greeted
196 3,3 | and is witnessed to by St. Paul in his first letter
197 3,3 | Orthodox — the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the Liturgy
198 3,3 | Chrysostom, the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, and the
199 3,3 | of Saint John..., ...of St. Basil..., since each contains
200 3,3 | undoubtedly composed by St. John and St. Basil, respectively.
201 3,3 | composed by St. John and St. Basil, respectively. The
202 3,3 | prayers composed by Pope St. Gregory Dialoges, to whom
203 3,3 | Jerusalem, the Liturgy of St. James the Brother of the
204 3,3 | the patronal feast day of St. James (Oct. 23).~The Divine
205 3,3 | nine classes of Saints: 1) St. John the Baptist, 2) Prophets,
206 3,3 | Resurrection and the Church of St. Sophia in Constantinople,
207 3,4 | turns to the people with St. Paul's words, The grace
208 3,4 | Apocalypse (Revelation) of St. John.~As the Choir sings,
209 3,4 | with the commemoration of St. John the Baptist, the Departed,
210 3,5 | The Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.~The Liturgy
211 3,5 | the Great.~The Liturgy of St. Basil differs from the
212 3,5 | from the usual Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in the
213 3,5 | Dismissal of the Liturgy, St. Basil is commemorated rather
214 3,5 | commemorated rather than St. John Chrysostom.~ ~
215 3,6 | serve the full Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom or St.
216 3,6 | of St. John Chrysostom or St. Basil the Great, so that
217 3,6 | by the Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian and
218 3,6 | Alleluia,” the Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim is again recited
219 3,6 | said, as usual, except that St. Gregory Dialoges, Pope
220 3,6 | commemorated instead of St. John Chrysostom or St.
221 3,6 | of St. John Chrysostom or St. Basil the Great.~ ~
222 3,7 | Priest, Deacon, or Cantor. St. Justin the Philosopher,
223 3,7 | great Eucharist Prayer. St. Augustine reflects on the
224 3,8 | Apocalypse (Revelation) of St. John. It too is divided
225 3,8 | The First Tone begins on St. Thomas Sunday and proceeds
226 3,8 | Typikon was drawn up by St. Sabbas of Jerusalem (f532)
227 3,8 | f532) and later revised by St. Sophronius, Patriarch of
228 3,8 | further revision was made by St. John of Damascus (tea.749),
229 3,8 | Damascus (tea.749), a Monk at St. Sabbas' Monastery, hence
230 3,8 | the Jerusalem Typikon of St. Sabbas' Monastery.~In 1888,
231 3,8 | such as those of Mt. Athos, St. Sabbas at Jerusalem, and
232 3,8 | Sabbas at Jerusalem, and St. John on Patmos.~ ~
233 3,1 | this is so.~According to St. Basil the Great, Adam,
234 3,2 | Yearly Cycle:~1. Nativity (St. Philip's) Fast — Nov. 15
235 3,2 | Jan. 5~3. The Beheading of St. John the Baptist — Aug.
236 3,3 | Theophany, the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, and the
237 3,3 | Second Finding of the Head of St. John the Baptist (Feb.
238 3,6 | Services. The usual Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is not
239 3,6 | Week) the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is read.
240 3,6 | moving Lenten prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian, setting
241 3,6 | The Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian.~O Lord
242 3,6 | Sunday) the usual Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is replaced
243 3,6 | by the longer Liturgy of St. Basil the Great. This Liturgy
244 3,6 | Second Sunday of Great Lent — St. Gregory Palamas.~The Second
245 3,6 | Great Lent is dedicated to St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop
246 3,6 | Archbishop of Thessalonica. St. Gregory's triumph over
247 3,6 | Fourth Sunday of Great Lent — St. John Climacus.~The Fourth
248 3,6 | Fourth Sunday is dedicated to St. John Climacus (of The Ladder),
249 3,6 | Lent) the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is read
250 3,6 | entirety, as well as a Canon to St. Mary of Egypt. In addition,
251 3,6 | Mary of Egypt. In addition, St. Mary's Life is read. On
252 3,6 | Fifth Sunday of Great Lent — St. Mary of Egypt.~The Fifth
253 3,6 | Great Lent is dedicated to St. Mary of Egypt. St. Mary
254 3,6 | dedicated to St. Mary of Egypt. St. Mary was a harlot living
255 3,7 | Vespers with the Liturgy of St. Basil is celebrated with
256 3,8 | catechetical address of St. John Chrysostom is read,
257 3,8 | The Catechetical Sermon of St. John Chrysostom.~[The Catechetical
258 3,8 | The Catechetical Sermon of St. John Chrysostom is read
259 3,8 | after Sunday Liturgy on St. Thomas Sunday).~The significance
260 4,4 | the Nativity and Epiphany. St. Gregory of Nyssa in 380
261 4,4 | until the 6th Century, while St. John Chrysostom introduced
262 4,4 | celebrated on that day. St. Cyprian of Carthage noted
263 4,7 | Old Testament and the New. St. Simeon symbolizes the departing
264 4,7 | the agitations of evil. St. Simeon gave us an example
265 4,8 | Zechariah, the father of St. John the Baptist, when
266 4,8 | Elizabeth [the mother of St. John the Baptist] in her
267 4,9 | especially noted in the case of St. Seraphim of Sarov whose
268 4,9 | to God. In any case, as St. Paul tells us, when we
269 4,0 | One lived in the house of St. John the Divine on Zion
270 4,0 | branch from Paradise to St. John and told him to carry
271 4,0 | preparations for her burial. St. John sent word to St. James,
272 4,0 | burial. St. John sent word to St. James, first Bishop of
273 4,0 | the Mother of God. In turn St. James informed all the
274 4,0 | cloud encircled the house of St. John the Divine. At the
275 4,0 | before the door of the house. St. John greeted them and told
276 4,0 | arrangement, one of the Apostles, St. Thomas, was not present
277 4,0 | delayed the arrival of St. Thomas until the day of
278 4,1 | waving palm branches, who, as St. Matthew tells us, bestrewed
279 4,2 | Preacher of Christ's teaching, St. Paul, in the Epistle to
280 4,4 | and communion with God. St. Paul tells us that if there
281 4,4 | the Lord, The Nativity of St. John the Baptist, The Holy
282 4,4 | and Paul, The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, The Protection
283 4,5 | Among the believers was St. Andrew, a Fool-for-Christ,
284 4,5 | Fool-for-Christ, and his disciple, St. Epiphanius. Suddenly they
285 4,6 | do the divine bidding. As St. Paul tells us, Are they
286 4,6 | New Testament Epistle of St. Jude, and especially figures
287 4,6 | figures in the Revelation of St. John. In ancient Jewish
288 4,6 | According to the Revelation of St. John, seven angels serve
289 4,7 | desires to the will of God. As St. Paul says, in the Epistle
290 4,8 | The Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June
291 4,8 | June 24).~The birth of St. John the Baptist, the last
292 4,9 | prominent in Rome.~Although St. Peter had a special zeal
293 4,9 | council that decided them, and St. Peter himself was sent
294 4,9 | Word of God.~According to St. John Chrysostom, St. Paul
295 4,9 | to St. John Chrysostom, St. Paul sought dishonor more
296 4,0 | The Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Aug.
297 4,0 | Events. Among these are:~ ~St. Anthony the Great, Father
298 4,0 | Jan. 30)~The Repose of St. Innocent, Metropolitan
299 4,0 | Constantine and his mother, St. Helena (May 21)~Our Venerable
300 4,0 | America (Aug. 9)~The Repose of St. Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh,
301 4,0 | 24)~The Glorification of St. Innocent, Metropolitan
302 4,0 | to the Americas (Oct. 6)~St. Nicholas the Wonderworker,
303 5 | Christian literature was St. Paul of Thebes († 341)
304 5 | Father of Monasticism, was St. Anthony the Great († 356).
305 5 | many years as a solitary, St. Anthony gathered to himself
306 5 | another Egyptian father, St. Pachomius the Great (†348).
307 5,1 | times, for, in the Life of St. Pachomius, the founder
308 5,1 | of Monastic Profession by St. Basil the Great.~Then,
309 5,2 | veil date from the time of St. Methodius († 846), Patriarch
310 5,2 | Lesser Schema. For example, St. Theodore of Studium (†
311 5,2 | example, the practice of St. Theodore is generally adhered
312 6,1 | one word: Tradition. As St. John of Damascus says, “
313 6,1 | theologians, hold equal rank with St. John's Gospel.~Here we
314 6,5 | Father, Who, according to St. Maximus the Confessor, “
315 6,5 | Holy Spirit. According to St. Cyril of Alexandria, “it
316 6,6 | Tradition (2 Thess. 2:15).~St. Paul calls the Church the
317 6,7 | way during his Baptism. St. Peter says: Repent, and
318 6,7 | the Holy Spirit.” And, as St. Athanasius the Great says, “
319 6,7 | Trinity.”~The Creed, just as St. Paul (Eph. 4:6), calls
320 6,7 | Heb. 13:15; Acts 17:30).~St. Paul tells us: without
321 6,8 | first man's sin, for as St. Paul says: sin came into
322 6,0 | than the God of all. As St. Paul says, although [men]
323 6,0 | Church Fathers, especially St. John of Damascus.~ ~3. “
324 6,0 | your God (Lev. 19:12). As St. James tells us, My brethren,
325 6,0 | God and His Son — when, as St. Paul tells us, God has...
326 6,0 | universal family of love. As St. Paul tells us: Children,
327 6,0 | also contains a promise, as St. Paul points out, that it
328 6,0 | secular authorities, as St. Paul tells us: Let every
329 6,0 | character or standing; for, as St. James says, the tongue
330 6,0 | kill and it is this that St. Paul refers to, as follows:
331 6,0 | is a terrible crime! As St. John tells us, even bearing
332 6,0 | mind the following words of St. Paul: Do you not know that
333 6,0 | his life (Matt. 16:26)? As St. Paul says, Do not be deceived;
334 6,0 | should only be forthright, as St. Paul says: Therefore, putting
335 6,0 | lead to spiritual death, as St. James tells us, for each
336 6,1 | John 3:5-6).~According to St. John Chrysostom, what is
337 6,1 | find salvation through it.~St. John the Evangelist, speaking
338 6,1 | is saying, according to St. John Chrysostom, that God
339 6,1 | Truth mean? According to St. John Chrysostom: “Earlier
340 6,2 | sinful bodies.~According to St. John Chrysostom, humility
341 6,2 | oppressed by disease. As St. John Chrysostom says, True
342 6,2 | salvation. This godly sorrow, as St. John of the Ladder tells
343 6,2 | and withdrawal. Yet, as St. Ephraim the Syrian notes,
344 6,2 | they are constant and, as St. John of the Ladder teaches
345 6,2 | intercede for us with God,” as St. Ephraim tells us.~The blessed
346 6,2 | says the Lord (Is. 66:2). St. Peter sees a meek and quiet
347 6,2 | the reason for their hope. St. James asks us to receive
348 6,2 | hearts of his listeners.~St. Paul pays special attention
349 6,2 | Once during Divine Liturgy, St. John the Almsgiver, when
350 6,2 | forgive him and to make peace. St. Tikhon of Zadonsk, while
351 6,2 | in word and in deed. As St. John Chrysostom says, “
352 6,2 | seductions of this world. As St. John of the Ladder says, “
353 6,2 | makes us like unto Him.”~St. Ephraim the Syrian teaches
354 6,2 | heart attains purity, says St. Ephraim the Syrian, “through
355 6,2 | reconciliation with God. As St. Paul says, in Christ all
356 6,2 | your minds in Christ Jesus.~St. Paul summons all believers
357 6,2 | spiritual peace. According to St. Isaac the Syrian, “it.
358 6,2 | your heart.” According to St. Ephraim the Syrian, “if
359 6,2 | Ps. 34:14; Rom. 12:9). St. Paul teaches us: Repay
360 6,2 | Him (Luke 23:34) and how St. Stephen the First Martyr
361 6,2 | ladder of the Beatitudes. As St. John Chrysostom says: “
362 6,2 | descends in our heart. As St. James instructs us: Count
363 6,3 | Mother, Eve, in Paradise. As St. Irenaeus says, “the knot
364 7 | found in the writings of St. John of Damascus (f776),
365 7 | from these writings.~As St. John points out, in ancient
366 7 | the Image of God; for, as St. John the Evangelist tells
367 7 | Image of the Father. When St. Philip asks Jesus, Lord,
368 7 | contemporary opposition.~St. John Damascene further
369 7 | word, for, according to St. Basil the Great (f379), “
370 7 | properties and Divine Power.~As St. John Damascene asserts: “
371 7 | vision.~Thus, according to St. John Damascene, those who
372 7,2 | to the 10th Century, when St. Neophytos (co-founder of
373 7,2 | Russian Orthodox Monastery of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk in northeastern
374 7,2 | Images. In the Catacombs of St. Agnes in Rome, there is
375 7,2 | this Icon.” According to St. Dimitry of Rostov, this
376 7,2 | brought to the Church of St. Nicholas in Kazan, where
377 7,2 | been found on the Feast of St. Procopius the Martyr, July
378 7,2 | Priest at the Church of St. Nicholas in Kazan when
379 8,1 | the baptism performed by St. John the Baptist, for although
380 8,1 | Heaven (Matt. 19:14).~As St. Paul says, we are called
381 8,2 | constantly the words of St. Paul: Do you not know that
382 8,2 | consecrate the Chrism. As St. Cyril of Jerusalem says, “
383 8,2 | the 8th Day after, i.e., St. Thomas Sunday.] The hair
384 8,3 | Liturgies:~1. The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom — the usual
385 8,3 | Weekdays.~2. The Liturgy of St. Basil the Great — celebrated
386 8,3 | Days.~3. The Liturgy of St. James the Brother of the
387 8,3 | celebrated on October 23 (St. James' Day) in certain
388 8,3 | other as a church, for, as St. Paul says, the goal of
389 8,3 | of the Holy Eucharist. As St. Paul says: The cup of blessing
390 8,3 | the Fathers of the Church. St. Ignatius of Antioch, in
391 8,3 | strengthening this unity. Therefore St. Ignatius stresses more
392 8,3 | Eucharist is also stressed by St. Cyprian of Carthage who,
393 8,3 | reaffirmed in the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great when, after
394 8,3 | and the dead.~According to St. Nicholas Cabasilas, a medieval
395 8,3 | the Lord.” Furthermore, as St. John of Damascus states, “
396 8,4 | the Lord God. According to St. John the Evangelist, If
397 8,4 | contrition is, according to St. Paul, that godly grief [
398 8,4 | of attaining perfection.~St. John says that if we confess
399 8,4 | Sacrament:~ ~A Lament for Sin.~St. Basil the Great says, “
400 8,5 | Letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul speaks of various
401 8,5 | Bishops (such was the case of St. Peter himself), but such
402 8,8 | described in Holy Scripture by St. James the Brother of the
403 9 | salvation. Without prayer, as St. John Chrysostom says, there
404 9 | how to pray properly. As St. Tikhon of Zadonsk cautions
405 9 | are with our words, or, as St. John of the Ladder tells
406 9,1 | not heard. According to St. John Chrysostom, charity
407 9,3 | St. John Chrysostom on Prayers.~
408 9,3 | In his earthly ministry, St. John Chrysostom was well
409 9,3 | Golden-mouth. In his sermons, St. John was especially concerned
410 9,3 | Therefore the Holy Father, St. John, did not limit conversation
411 9,3 | going out.” While in public, St. John did not recommend
412 9,3 | set for definite hours, St. John, nonetheless, sees
413 9,3 | be short and few, but, as St. John says, “let us rise
414 9,3 | of the content of prayer, St. John advises first of all “
415 9,3 | to heavenly pastures. As St. John affirms, in truth “
416 9,4 | prayer said at home, for as St. John Chrysostom tells us,
417 9,4 | only yourselves,” warns St. John Chrysostom. “You can,
418 9,5 | Lord's Prayer, which, in St. Matthew's Gospel is worded
419 9,5 | are tempted (Heb. 2:18), St. Paul says, indicating the
420 9,5 | for our destruction. As St. Peter says, the Devil prowls
421 9,5 | the Divine Services. As St. John Chrysostom says, it
422 9,6 | bitter and sorrowful.~ ~As St. Simeon of Thessalonica
423 9,6 | usual Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is not
424 9,6 | to special celebrations: St. Theodore on the 1st Saturday,
425 9,6 | intercession.~ ~Tuesday of St. Thomas Week.~According
426 9,6 | in battle:~ ~Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Aug.
427 9,6 | suffered for the truth.~ ~St. Demetrius Saturday (Sat.
428 9,6 | his Patron Saint's Day (St. Demetrius of Thessalonica —
429 9,7 | you do this? (Acts 4:7). St. Peter, filled with the
430 9,7 | the time of the Apostles, St. Ignatius of Antioch (who
431 9,7 | of Antioch (who had known St. John the Evangelist), when
432 9,7 | morning.~ ~According to St. Isaac the Syrian,~when
433 9,8 | by Jesus Christ? Did not St. Paul say, the old has passed
434 9,8 | and theological depth. As St. Basil the Great wrote, “
435 9,8 | silence of the soul,” writes St. Basil the Great, “the giver
436 10 | 34). With this in mind, St. Paul regarded the Christian
437 10 | title: The Revelation to St. John. All of these books
438 10,1 | is sung at the Liturgy of St. Basil on Holy Saturday.~ ~
439 10,3 | The author of this Gospel, St. Luke the Physician, a Gentile
440 10,3 | Gentile convert and friend of St. Paul, presents the words
441 10,3 | and My burden is light.~ ~St. Luke presents more episodes
442 10,3 | ever seen (John 1:14,18). St. John records real events,
443 10,3 | author, who had accompanied St. Paul on parts of his missionary
444 10,3 | Romans.~The Epistles of St. Paul are arranged in the
445 10,3 | probably the last written by St. Paul (that we possess)
446 10,3 | is probably the first of St. Paul's letters, written
447 10,3 | attributed by the Church to St. John the Evangelist. The
448 10,3 | John, it too was written by St. John the Evangelist late
449 10,3 | revelation was extended to St. John the Evangelist at
450 10,5 | John 14:6~ ~Sayings from St. Paul:~All things to all
451 10,7 | Heb. 1:10-23 Mark 2:1-12~ St. Gregory Palamas Heb. 7:
452 10,7 | Heb. 6:13-20 Mark 9:17-31~ St. John of the Ladder Eph.
453 10,7 | 9:11-14 Mark 10:32-45~ St. Mary of Egypt Gal. 3:23-
454 11,1 | are images,” according to St. John of Damascus [Three
455 11,1 | heavenly and the earthly. As St. John Damascene further
456 11,1 | Faith}. This is affirmed by St. John Chrysostom, who pointed
457 11,1 | Works, Vol. II, Bk. 1, St. Petersburg, 1905, p.953].~
458 11,1 | became known as the Cross of St. Andrew. Later this X was
459 11,1 | According to Church Tradition, St. Anthony the Great (f 356)
460 11,1 | T-Cross on his clothing and St. Zeno, Bishop of Verona,
461 11,1 | four points was upheld by St. Irenaeus of Lyons and by
462 11,1 | Irenaeus of Lyons and by St. Augustine; but the Church
463 11,1 | of forms of the Cross. As St. Theodore of Studium says,
464 11,1 | 7th Century.~According to St. John of Damascus: “By the
465 11,1 | for Roman crucifixions.~St. Andrews: According to Church
466 11,1 | the type of Cross on which St. Andrew the First-called
467 11,1 | to the island of Iona by St. Columba in the 6th Century.
468 11,1 | of Malta (the place where St. Paul was shipwrecked —
469 11,1 | Evangelists.~Winged Man — St. Matthew: The winged man
470 11,1 | of Jesus.~Winged Lion — St. Mark: The winged lion symbolizes
471 11,1 | The winged lion symbolizes St. Mark because he begins
472 11,1 | his Gospel by describing St. John the Baptist, the voice
473 11,1 | wilderness.~Winged Ox — St. Luke: St. Luke is symbolized
474 11,1 | wilderness.~Winged Ox — St. Luke: St. Luke is symbolized by a
475 11,1 | of Christ.~Winged Eagle — St. John: The winged eagle
476 11,2 | This was supposedly used by St. Patrick of Ireland to teach
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