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The Joyful Sorrow of Pascha

The Joyful Sorrow of #Pascha ((http://wp.me/p2vXPg-1wU)) By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos

By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos One of the strongest and most expressive words encountered in our tradition is the word “joyful-sorrow” (χαρμολύπη). All things in our life are mixed with sorrow and joy. Life is not a theater with scenery changes, but an experience that is both joyful and sorrowful, where sorrow turns to joy and at the point where joy culminates, sorrow emerges, due to the…

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No one should despair ever

No one should despair ever From the Life of St. Synkletike

THE EVERGETINOS

Book One.

Hypothesis One

No one should despair ever, even if he has committed many sins, but should have hope that, through repentance, he shall be saved.

From the Life of St. Synkletike

The Blessed Synkletike said: We should laud remiss and indolent souls who are easily exhausted in the struggle for good, as well as those souls who are easily discouraged and fall to despair.…

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