OrthodoxFathers.org » Saint Issac the Syrian http://orthodoxfathers.org Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:44:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Cross http://orthodoxfathers.org/the-cross.htm http://orthodoxfathers.org/the-cross.htm#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:49:30 +0000 Administrator http://theholyfathers.org/?p=16 The knowledge of the Cross is concealed in the sufferings of the Cross.

Originally posted 2006-04-17 19:53:54.

]]> http://orthodoxfathers.org/the-cross.htm/feed 0 Advent of the Saviour http://orthodoxfathers.org/advent-of-the-saviour.htm http://orthodoxfathers.org/advent-of-the-saviour.htm#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:47:36 +0000 Administrator http://theholyfathers.org/?p=213 The purpose of the advent of the Saviour, when He gave us His life-giving commandments as purifying remedies in our passionate state, was to cleanse the soul from the damage done by the first transgression and bring it back to its original state. What medicines are for a sick body, that the commandments are for the passionate soul.

Originally posted 2006-12-12 17:39:16.

]]> http://orthodoxfathers.org/advent-of-the-saviour.htm/feed 0 How can man bear heavenly mysteries on earth? http://orthodoxfathers.org/how-can-man-bear-heavenly-mysteries-on-earth.htm http://orthodoxfathers.org/how-can-man-bear-heavenly-mysteries-on-earth.htm#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:47:28 +0000 Administrator http://theholyfathers.org/?p=202 Mysteries are revealed to the humble' [Ecclus 3:19]. The humble are accounted worthy of receiving in themselves this Spirit of revelations Who teaches mysteries.

Originally posted 2006-06-11 08:33:21.

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Originally posted 2006-04-17 19:56:07.

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