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Showing posts with label Death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death. Show all posts
Friday, June 13, 2025

Walnut Leaves at Pentecost and the Souls of the Dead

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Popular Belief According to a popular Greek Orthodox Christian folk belief, the souls of the dead in Hades ascend to the upper world every E...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

The Spiritual World: On the Existence of Demons (11)

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...continued from part ten. 17. The Influence of Evil Spirits on People After Their Death The influence of evil spirits on people does not e...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

When Saint Paisios the Athonite Spoke With the Rotten Corpse of a Tormented Old Woman

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  Saint Paisios related the following experience: "I  knew  an  old  woman  who  was  very  stingy.  Her daughter was very good,  and  ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2020

A Once Popular Icon of Fear and Mortality

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    In Russian iconography during the 17th and 18th century there was icon to remind Christians that they are mortal beings and taught them ...
Monday, January 28, 2019

A Beneficial Reminder When Touring Boston

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In Boston at the Granary Burying Ground outside the nearly 200 year old Park Street Church, one can find the tombstones for Samuel Adams, J...
Friday, October 12, 2018

The Young Monk Who Was Cast Out of His Grave After His Burial

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By St. Gregory the Dialogist ( The Dialogues , "Life of Saint Benedict", Bk. 2, Ch. 24) On a certain day, a young boy that was ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

The Dead Girl Who Seized a Grave-Robber and Would Not Let Him Go

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By St. John Moschos The Spiritual Meadow Ch. 78 The Astonishing Miracle of a Dead Girl, Who Seized a Grave-Robber and  Would Not Let Him ...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Death, Time and the Flame of Life

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In this image, we see Death, represented by a skeleton, trying to extinguish the candle of life. On the opposite side of the candle is Fath...
Saturday, December 17, 2016

Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos and the Dead Woman Under Excommunication

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One one occasion, when Saint Dionysios found himself in the city, a funeral was being conducted in the cemetery of the Church of Saint Nich...
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

How to Talk to Children about Demons, Hell and Death

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By Nun Magdalene It is a serious educational mistake to talk to young children in detail about demons, because if a child hears once how t...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

The Grave Robber and the Living Dead Girl

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The Amazing Miracle of a Dead Girl  Who Detained Her Despoiler and Would Not Let Him Go  Until He Promised to Become a Monk By St. John Mo...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

"The Raven": Demon of Despair (On Poe and Death)

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By Presbytera Juliana Cownie Soon after the death of a loved one come many visitors to the bereaved. Some arrive early, bearing gifts of f...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

An Image of Death's Relentless Approach

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"Time flies, death urges, knells call, Heaven invites, Hell threatens." - Edward Young