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John also not merely bears witness, but when men were bringing the glory to him, he declined it: for it is one thing not to affect an honor which nobody thinks of offering, and another, to reject it when all men are ready to give it, and not only to reject it, but to do so with such humility.
—St. John Chrysostom, Homily XXIX on Acts XIII
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“The treacherous hand of evil struck” on Sunday, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch said in a statement, writing that “an explosion occurred at the entrance of the church, resulting in the deaths of numerous martyrs and causing injuries to many others who were inside the church or in its immediate vicinity.”
“We offer our prayers for the repose of the souls of the martyrs, for the healing of the wounded, and for the consolation of our grieving faithful. We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to our faith and, through that steadfastness, our rejection of all fear and intimidation,” the church said.
This is from my good friend, Ted Bobosh, who recently returned from a trip to Europe that focused on both famous and infamous sites of WWII. As he writes:
This beautiful icon is in the Russian Chapel in Dachau
It shows Christ leading the prisoners out of Dachau. Dachau was liberated during Orthodox Holy week in 1945. There were many Orthodox prisoners there including a number of priests and bishops. They celebrated the Paschal Liturgy on the Sunday after being liberated. The icon commemorates that. It is patterned on Christ's harrowing of Hades icons.
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Holy Apostle Jude, the brother of the Lord
How, if He is not risen but is dead, does He stop and drive out and cast down those false gods said by the unbelievers to be alive and the demons they worship? For where Christ and his faith are named, there all idolatry is purged away, every deceit of demons refuted and no demon endures the name but fleeing, only hearing it, disappears. This is not the work of one dead, but of one alive, and especially of God.…
For if it is true that one dead can effect nothing, but the Savior effects such great things every day— drawing to piety, persuading to virtue, teaching about immortality, leading to a desire for heavenly things, revealing the knowledge of the Father, inspiring power against death, showing himself to each.
—St. Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation
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When God brings His hidden saints to light, it is in order that some may emulate them and others be without excuse. Those who wish to remain amid distraction as well as those who live a worthy life in communities, in mountains and in caverns (Heb. 11.38) are saved, and God bestows on them great blessings solely because they have faith in Him.
—St. Symeon the New Theologian, The Discourses
