Saint John Chrysostom
If you’ve sinned, don’t despair. I never stop repeating these words, all the time. Even if you sin every day, then repent every day. Let’s do what we do with old houses that are ready to collapse: we take away the old and rotten materials and replace them with new ones. And we make sure we look after them well, over time.
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Pemptousia and OCN have entered a strategic partnership to bring Orthodoxy Worldwide. Greek philosophers from Ionia considered held that there were four elements or essences (ousies) in nature: earth, water, fire and air. Aristotle added ether to this foursome, which would make it the fifth (pempto) essence, pemptousia, or quintessence. The incarnation of God the Word found fertile…
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