Author: Maximologia

Against Those Who Try To Theologize Without The Spirit. The man who has received from above the grace of having the praise of God always on his lips opens his mouth to breathe the Spirit of life, and strives to open it yet wider to welcome the word of life more abundantly. This is that… Continue reading St Symeon the New Theologian. Second Theological Discourse.

It would be the sign of a rash and presumptuous soul to speak or discourse about God, to investigate all that concerns him, or to try to express what cannot be expressed, or understand what for all men is beyond understanding. This is not only the affliction of those who take it upon themselves to… Continue reading St Symeon the New Theologian, Theological Discourse 1: Against Those Who Ascribe The Concept Of Anteriority To The Father.

The intellect contemplates the energies of God in the logoi of beings.

1. The Divine Essence and Energies. Capable of being known indirectly in the contemplation of the logoi of the creation which manifest him, God can also be known directly (but according to a superior mode which goes beyond all cognition and without his essence being accessible) by the faithful who is elevated to the sphere… Continue reading St Maximus the Confessor on Essence, Energies, and Logoi (Jean-Claude Larchet).

Кондак 1. Изабраног Војводу и Господа, смрти Победитеља и ада разоритеља Тебе похвалама величам иако сам твар и раб Твој; но препун неисказаног милосрђа избави ме од сваке беде када Ти вапијем: Исусе Победитељу, помилуј ме! Икос 1. Рамзес победи Хиксе, Мојсеј победи Амалићане, Адријан разори Јевреје, Александар покори Азију, Сулејман покори Европу и Азију,… Continue reading St Nikolaj Velimirović, Акатист Исусу Победитељу Смрти.

1. Верујем у једнога Бога ... Ко сеје семе добро по њиви некрченој? Словесан то не чини, Словесан ће чинити по Слову Божјем. Он ће прво искрчити њиву од корова, па онда ће посејати семе добро. Њива – то је душа људска, коров – многобоштво, добро семе – вера у једнога Бога. Данас вама изгледа… Continue reading St Nikolaj Velimirović, Вера Образованих Људи

О тајни вере. 1. Шта је права вера? Права вера је вера у једнога Бога у Тројици, Творца неба и земље и свега видљивог и невидљивог. Бог је Биће без почетка и без краја. Он је Дух који се не види, али је свуда присутан, све види, све зна, све може, о свему брине. Бог… Continue reading Еп. Данило Крстић и Еп. Амфилохије Радовић, Нема лепше вере од хришћанске.

1. The world. All that we see: heaven, the sun, the moon, stars, clouds, the earth on which we live, the air we breathe, the earth on which we live, including the grass, trees, mountains, rivers, seas, fish, birds, beasts, animals, and finally people — God created all of this. Yes indeed, the world is the… Continue reading Basic Concepts, by Seraphim Slobodskoy

1. The Concept of Divine Service.  The worship of God or the pleasing of God through good thoughts, words, and deeds, i.e., the fulfillment of God’s will, is called, in general, divine service. Divine service began on the earth with the very creation of the first human beings in Paradise. The divine services of the first human… Continue reading The Divine Services, by Seraphim Slobodskoy.

We have received from the Church of God, that upon this day we owe yearly thanksgiving to God along with an exposition of the dogmas of piety and the overturning of the impieties of evil. Following therefore the sayings of the prophets, honouring the exhortations of the apostles, and being instructed by the histories of… Continue reading The Synodikon of Orthodoxy (1583)