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So that we might joyfully encounter the Lord upon his glorious Second Coming, let us learn to encounter Him here, especially in the Holy Mysteries.
\u2014 St. John of Kronstadt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seeking to please men destroys not only our love toward God, but even our remembrance of God.
\u2014 Holy Hierarch St. Ignaty Brianchaninov<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be angry is part of human nature, but to suppress one\u2019s anger is part of a Christian\u2019s nature.
\u2014 Blessed St. Jerome of Stridon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taken from the monthly bulletin of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Washington, DC.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So that we might joyfully encounter the Lord upon his glorious Second Coming, let us learn to encounter Him here, especially in the Holy Mysteries. \u2014 St. John of Kronstadt Seeking to please men destroys not only our love toward God, but even our remembrance of God.\u2014 Holy Hierarch St. Ignaty Brianchaninov To be angry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nFrom the Fathers ...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So that we might joyfully encounter the Lord upon his glorious Second Coming, let us learn to encounter Him here, especially in the Holy Mysteries. -- St.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2005\/03\/from-the-fathers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From the Fathers ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So that we might joyfully encounter the Lord upon his glorious Second Coming, let us learn to encounter Him here, especially in the Holy Mysteries. -- St.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2005\/03\/from-the-fathers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orthodixie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-03-05T16:53:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fr. 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