The Sunday before last the Holy Church offered for our attention the parable about the talents. A talent is that strength which God gives to us for the fulfillment of His commandments of love for God and neighbor. Last Sunday...
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The Sunday before last the Holy Church offered for our attention the parable about the talents. A talent is that strength which God gives to us for the fulfillment of His commandments of love for God and neighbor. Last Sunday...
подробнее...In the times of the Gospel, a talent denoted a very large sum of money. A talent corresponded to sixty minas. A mina equaled a hundred dinarii. During the earthly life of the Saviour, an ordinary worker earned one dinarius a day.
... подробнее...The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them...
подробнее...We find the parable of the evil husbandmen in the first three Evangelists (Matthew 21:33-41, Mark 12:1-9, Luke 20:9-16). Here is how the Evangelist Luke transmits this parable:
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подробнее...And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. And when He was come into the house, the blind men came to Him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto Him, Yea, Lord. Then touched He...
подробнее...“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light” (Matthew 6:22)
The faith-filled Christian is ever aware of being watched by the all-seeing eye...
подробнее...And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto...
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