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The beginning of freedom from anger is silence of the lips when the heart is agitated; the middle is silence of the thoughts when there is a mere disturbance of the soul; and the end is an imperturbable calm under the breath of unclean winds.
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Saint John CLimacus
step 8 : the ladder of divine ascent : no. 4
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During the upcoming Fast we approach the mystery of repentance and ask the Lord to forgive us of our sins. But this will only be given to us only if we forgive each other’s offenses.
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Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
A homily preached on Cheesefare Sunday of 1901
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Nothing equals or excels God’s mercies… a sign of true repentance is the acknowledgment that we deserve all afflictions, visible and invisible, that come upon us.
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Saint John of the Ladder
step 5 : the ladder of divine ascent: no. 38
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repentance is reconciliation with the Lord
by the practice of good deeds
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Saint John Climacus
step 5 : the ladder of divine ascent: no. 1
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afflictions will never cease, but God gives us the kind of heart we need, not to simply withstand them, but to profit by them.
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like a city under perpetual siege, the human heart will always be surrounded and under perpetual attack, but it will always have God as its defender
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elder Aemilianos of Simonopetra
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repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair.
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Saint John Climacus
step 5 :: the ladder of divine ascent :: no. 1
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longing for God extinguished longing for parents. and so anyone who says he has both is deceiving himself. he should listen to Him Who says “no one can serve two lords”
saint john climacus
step 3 :: on exile or pilgrimage :: no. 16
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do all the good you can
do not speak evil of anyone
do not steal from anyone
do not lie to anyone
do not be arrogant toward anyone
do not hate anyone
do not be absent from the Divine Services
be compassionate to the needy
do not offend anyone
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Saint John Climacus
the ladder of divine ascent
step 1 :: on renunciation of the world :: no. 21
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the forgetting of wrongs is a sign of true repentance
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but he who dwells on them and thinks that he is repenting is like a man who thinks he is running while he is really asleep
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Saint John Climacus
the Ladder of Divine Ascent
step 9 :: on remembrance of wrongs
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Repentance is the door through which we enter Lent, the starting point of our journey to Pascha.
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Metropolitan Kallistos
the inner unity of the triodion
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