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On the Passion of the Saviour-St. Ephrem the Syrian

This sermon on the Passion is one of the metrical texts in Greek attributed to St Ephrem the Syrian. It is written in heptasyllabics, known in Syriac as the metre of St Ephrem. I have used the text published in Thessaloniki by K.G Phrantzolas in 1988. The Greek editor, not realising that the text is metrical, has from time to time emended to text, usually to improve the Greek. Most of these changes are unmetrical and I have disregarded them. In one or two places I have myself emended that text in order to restore the metre.

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The Mystery of Loving-Kindness - A Sermon on the Nativity of Christ St John of Kronstadt

"Great is the mystery of piety: God is manifested in the flesh." (I Tim. 3, 16)

It is on this day that, throughout the entire inhabited world, the Holy Church brings to our remembrance and observes that most majestic and sublime of mysteries: the Incarnation of God the Word from a Most-pure virgin through an outpouring of, and an overshadowing by, God's Holy Spirit. Wondrous, inexpressible, and awesome is this mystery, both for the exalted and all-contemplating celestial minds of those who dwell in the heavens: the ranks of the angels, � and for the minds of men, enlightened by the Holy Spirit. Imagine: the unoriginate God from Whom everything received the commencement of its existence: the Angels, and the human race, and the entire world, both visible and invisible, � takes a beginning in His humanity. He Whom the heavens cannot contain is contained in a virginal womb. God becomes an infant, and is borne upon the arms of a Mother. He Who nourishes every breath is nourished by paps.

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Prayer for the Departed

Prayer for the Departed\nFrom St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople?(4th-5th c.)?\n\nLet us help and commemorate them.? If Job's sons were purified by their father's sacrifice (Job 1:5), why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation?? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them.

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