Showing posts with label St. Nikolai Velimirovich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Nikolai Velimirovich. Show all posts
Thursday, February 6, 2020

Cremation (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

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By St. Nikolai Velimirovich (Written in 1956) You ask me, why is the Orthodox Church against cremation. First of all, because it consid...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

Either we are fools for the world because of Christ or we are fools for Christ because of the world. ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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“Either we are fools for the world because of Christ or we are fools for Christ because of the world.  O how short-lived is the sound...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

The Soul Needs Repetition For Proper Cultivation... ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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"Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you know them, and be established in t...
Sunday, August 5, 2018

The Kingdom of God is Gained With the Heart and Not With the Tongue ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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"Not everyone who says, `Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 7:21). Brethren, one does not gain the Kin...
Saturday, March 24, 2018

Repenting before death closes the door...( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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Repent before death closes the door of your life and opens the door of judgement. Repent before death and since you do not know the ho...
Friday, December 15, 2017

The Ten Drachmas: The Lord in the Guise of a Woman ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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Can you believe that Christ the Saviour portrayed Himself in the guise of a woman in two of His parables?  One is that of the woman ...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Man is more than sublime when he cares for the dead. ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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Man is sublime when he cares for the living; man is more than sublime when he cares for the dead. A man often cares for the living out o...
Friday, December 23, 2016

The greatest day in history ( St. Nikolai Velimirovic )

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  With the God-man Christ, all that is God’s has become man’s, human, ours, so that each of us individually and all of us assembled toget...
Monday, September 19, 2016

The True Slave and Freedom in Christ ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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"For the slave called in the Lord is a freed person in the Lord, just as the free person who has been called is a slave of Christ...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Cremation ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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  By St. Nikolai Velimirovich (Written in 1956) You ask me, why is the Orthodox Church against cremation. First of all, because it conside...
Friday, March 4, 2016

Either we are fools for the world because of Christ or we are fools for Christ because of the world. ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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“Either we are fools for the world because of Christ or we are fools for Christ because of the world. O how short-lived is the sound of ...
Friday, November 27, 2015

Christ Is Everything For The Christian Soul ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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            Until Christ becomes completely everything for the soul which authentically has a certain permanent and unchanging value, unt...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

The True Slave and Freedom in Christ ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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       "For the slave called in the Lord is a freed person in the Lord, just as the free person who has been called is a slave of C...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Consider all men to be your brothers , and sick brothers at that. ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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Consider all men to be your brothers , and sick brothers at that. And if you come to feel that God has given you better health than other...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Adulterous Passion Is Death ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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                    Not one passion is conquered without a great struggle. The Holy Fathers have referred to adulterous passion as death. ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The Foolishness of Atheism ( St. Nikolai Velimirovich )

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"The fool hath said in his heart, 'There is no God'. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works" (Psalm 14:...