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A Note Written by Abbot Tryphon: As followers of Christ, we are called to wage peace, not war, for our Saviour has brought us the peace that passes all understanding. As His disciples, we must renounce all violence and tumult. We Christians must become peacemakers in this world, for peace means reconciliation, and Christ is the author of peace and reconciliation. When we Christians work for peace, it should hardly surprise us when we receive a special blessing attributed to being peacemakers, for “they shall be called sons of God.” The message of the Sermon on the Mount is that those who seek to surrender to God, participate in God’s grace as they go to their enemies to make peace, for they are seeking to do what their Father has done, loving people with His love. As we surrender to God, and abandon the effort to get our needs met through the destruction of enemies, God comes to us in Christ to make peace with us; and we participate in God’s grace as we go to our enemies to make peace...

 Just enjoying a little bit of nostalgia, this is Lost Mountain Store, when I was a kid. The Country Store by Anonymous ~2 minutes FAR OUT beyond the city's lights, away from din and roar, The cricket chirps of summer nights beneath the country store; The drygoods boxes ricked about afford a welcome seat For weary tillers of the ground, who here on evenings meet. A swinging sign of ancient make, and one above the door, Proclaim that William Henry Blake is owner of the store; Here everything from jam to tweed, from silks to ginghams bright, Is spread before the folk who need from early morn till night. Tea, sugar, coffee (browned or green), molasses, grindstones, tar, Suspenders, peanuts, navy beans, and homemade vinegar, Fine combs, wash ringers, rakes, false hair, paints, rice, and looking glasses, Side saddles, hominy, crockery ware, and seeds for garden grass...

Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries     Essays about Orthodoxy   The Synodikon of Orthodoxy Source: http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/02/synodicon-of-orthodoxy.html   The term synodikon is applied to an official definition promulgated by a synod or council, or to a statement which has synodical origin or conciliar authority. The present synodicon was approved and issued by the Council of 843 which restored the veneration of icons, i.e., it upheld and re-imposed the authority of the Seventh Ecumenical Council which had fallen into abeyance during the intervening second period of Iconoclasm (815-842). In the manuscripts, the titles are various: The Synodikon of Orthodoxy, The Synodikon Confirming Orthodoxy Read on the First Sunday of Great Lent, The Synodikon Confirming Orthodoxy, The Synodikon Against All Heresy, and different combinations of all the above. In the printedTriodion, the synodicon is titled The Synodikon of the Holy and Ecumenical Seventh Coun...