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As in the body, a neglect of wounds generates fever, mortification and death; so in the soul, slight evils overlooked open the door to graver ones.

Saint John Chrysostom, Homily on Galatians 1:7

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House carved into a stone by a 15th century Romanian monk

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Orthodox nuns with animals

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'Olga was the precursor of the Christian land, even as the day-spring precedes the sun and as the dawn precedes the day. For she shone like the moon by night, and she was radiant among the infidels like a pearl in the mire, since the people were soiled, and not yet purified of their sin by holy baptism. But she herself was cleansed by this sacred purification .... She was the first from Rus' to enter the kingdom of God, and the sons of Rus' thus praise her as their leader, for since her death she has interceded with God in their behalf.'

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On July 28 2016, the All-Ukrainian Cross Procession for peace, love and prayer in the Ukraine came to its conclusion with Divine Liturgy at the Kiev Caves Lavra, with His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry presiding. According to the most modest accounts, over 80,000 people participated in the procession that stretched across the Ukraine in two flanks—from East and West. Many of the participants walked hundreds of kilometers.

Text by OrthoChristian.com // Photo by Sergei Ryzhkov

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Viktor Vasnetsov, Maria Magdalene (mural for St. Vladimir’s Cathedral, Kiev)

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You gave your wealth to the poor, O Xenia, and accepted poverty out of love for Christ; having lived a life rivaling the angels, you were accounted worthy of glory on high.

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A small Orthodox shrine in a cave, Rhodos, Greece

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Prayers before Bedtime

In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit:

O God, be merciful to me a sinner. (3 times)

O Lord our God, forgive all the sins I have committed this day in word, deed and thought, for Thou art good and lovest mankind. Grant me peaceful and undisturbed sleep. Send Thy Guardian Angel to protect and keep me from all harm. For Thou art the Guardian of our souls and bodies, and to Thee do we ascribe glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

O Lord our God, in Whom we believe and upon Whose Name we call more than any other name, grant relief to our souls and bodies as we go to sleep. Keep us from every fantasy and dark pleasure. Halt the rushing of passions and quench the fiery arousals of the flesh. Grant unto us to live chastely in thought, word, and deed. Having embraced a virtuous life, may we not fall away from Thy promised blessings, for blessed art Thou forever. Amen.

(You may include any personal prayers and specific requests here.)

Through the prayers of Thy Most-Holy Mother and of all the saints, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen.

Prayer upon lying down to go to sleep:

Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my soul and body. Do Thou Thyself bless me, have mercy upon me, and grant me life eternal. Amen.