- Father, sometimes we get in such a state that no one can ask, no we can not sleep, nor can eat, nor can we talk, we do not provide.
- Do you hear what he says Isaac Sirul dumnezeiescul parent, I will not cease to bring parables, not to me, that I am the source of all guile and răutatea and humility. We talk, talk to the St. Fathers to use. When you see that you are in such a condition, I suggest, man, to sleep. And not even sleep, sleep to stay quiet round.
- If we do not have Divine Liturgy in the monastery every day, how can we save?
- Liturgy not only saves you. Not hear what St. Gregory Sinaitul? "Who is the prayer of mind, and are Liturgy, has pravila whole Church all the time." D-apăi those who lived in the desert, as St. Mark the cave, which led to Saint Serapion, 95 years not seen humans lived at the same job? It was during prigoanelor. And you saw, when he was prayed pole fire from heaven to earth. "But those who have lived in the wilderness for years, says St. John Chrysostom, and shared the three-four years, there unworthiness to communicate so often?"
Hear what Saint Efrem says: "Churches were the languages of their altars and in their hearts." Were always in communion with God in prayer. Because prayer is that the church is prayer obsteasca. But I like to stay only at this and not have a prayer of its own, that we are wrong. Saint says that Teofan Zăvorâtul: "Oh, who has frozen the typical religious tradition and not have their own prayer!"
- But that is not too bad when Liturgy, I say my prayers, heart or other prayer and be careful not to work?
- Not true! Because it has great connection with other heart Liturgy of the holy shrine. This is a prayer obsteasca and has great power, especially Divine Liturgy, and it helps the heart. That if one comes and oppression you went into a desert, or in a village, or in a kennel, you Liturgy?
To the extent that people pray, hear what he says Aghioritul Saint Nicodemus, a priest is mind, the heart is the altar, the sacrifice that brings this shrine is the choice and good wishes that voluntarily choose to pray to God, and smell good perfume, incense, which stands on the altar of the heart is prayer to focus my prayers as incense before you. On the altar of the heart. Man is a kind of church in the church.
In vain go to this shrine, if you do not have a prayer of the heart. I used a little. Therefore, the merger helps you to church very much to heart vitalises prayer but does not change that. Just prayers and Holy moments Liturghii if you work inwardly, I strengthen this work. More învăpăiază your heart to love God, you hear the holy moments Liturghii when leaving the Holy Gifts, because faith comes by hearing.
You saw that someone asked St. Nichifor: "If you go to church, listen close and Liturgy and others, say a prayer or your heart?" If you were raised in prayer mind, listen carefully and Liturgy strana that helps you focus in mind with the heart. Greatly help you.
And if you go to the prayer itself miscătoare of mind, is the clock, turning on your heart, I sleep and watch my heart. Permanent heart pray. Then you will not remain with this inner prayer and during Liturghiei and during the prayers that get to a prayer of self miscătoare. Permanent pray heart. Length, as apostle says.
I wrote several sermons on prayer stairs. I wanted to write one about contemplative prayer, what is the highest than the prayer of heart, but has no sense to people today, I understand that it is perfect for those, that is bliss, praying the fire in abduction. I put it that anyone can understand. We read, and only so we left. We understand, but I have never worked in my life. Right.
- What we know is new way of salvation?
- Good advice and will await mind as you will defend. And again the Scripture says: Those who do not have counsel, as the leaves fall. Therefore it is good, Mom, let us advise.
- How can we live our life without council disorder?
- Says Saint John Chrysostom: "strength of the council is listening, the strength of the king sits since much host, and the strength of peace is a long prayer. And the demise of the council is disobedience - when not listening, and the collapse of peace , lessening prayer.
In the wilderness had time to ask me 14 hours and more.
- How should we act, we Orthodox Christians girl feared heretic?
- Not counting us that you love the neighbor, let us step to the right of the foreign faith in Christ, which voiesc us depart from us and we Ortodoxie impose their faith and the crooked heretic. Voiesc And if we attack our faith or the Holy Tradition of the Holy Orthodox Church, then you must defend with all the power until death, as he says in the Holy War Nicodim Aghioritul unseen.
It is, therefore, every priest and every Christian Orthodox Church of Our dreptmăritoare be a good ostas of Christ with full devotion and with male anger and hard to defend, by word and by writing the truth of our beliefs right. It is not appropriate to be gentle where you should not wear gently. Same thing we learn and the Great St. Pimen, saying: "It is all new support, we just might get your eyes or someone and we would cut our hands of the right, and if someone voieste you drop and break us by God, then to anger "(Pater, word 118). And again he says: "First time run, a second run, the third time you do the sword with which you want to contact you right faith."
- But how should we behave with these people?
- Say what apostle? The church is Christ's body. Head of the Church is Christ. All mystical and rationalist sects, not only in Romania, which were separated by the Church, were separated from Christ. Have no connection with Christ. Ready. Right. Sectarian and not in the house or in court not to get, not something to tell us about the bad things of their own and their ereziile.
- And if you come with all sorts of books, what to do with them?
- On fire, on fire, fire! They called ARHICONI devil, says St. John Chrysostom. I learned all Scripture by heart, but wrong, wrong, wrong. The whole Scripture tâlcuieste backwards. Scripture speaks of you, but inside, not what the Church says and dogmele Church. Do not talk to them.
- Why Orthodox Church does not engage in Missionary too, to make known the Church Dogma elsewhere, as do Catholics and other denominations?
- Orthodox Church is alive! The biggest lesson is living. I have to confession to the people of the country. Tin sacred tradition as they learned it from their parents. Because you people are harder to Orthodoxy us.
- In many ways people are divided on earth in terms of faith in God?
- People on earth are divided into three groups: Christians who believe in Christ; necrestini or pagans who do not believe in the Gospel of Christ, but some people zeificati like Brahma, Buda, Confucius, Mohammed, etc.. And the third group atei who do not believe in any deity.
Necrestinii and they are divided into three groups: monotheist - Hebrew and Mohammedan; two-tier - who believe in two principles of good and evil, and polytheist, who believe in many gods or false idol.
Christians are divided in turn into three major denominations and churches: Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant. Of Protestant were formed more branches, as the Augustan confession Protestant (Lutheran), Reformed, Anglican, Methodist, and prezbiterieni groups neoprotestante.
- Which of these categories of Christians have the grace of salvation?
- Our Orthodox Church learn that grace is given to all people (Titus 2, 11), because God voieste for all people to save and acknowledge the truth to come (I Timothy 2, 4). But grace does not sileste anyone. People are free to receive him and to work with him or reject him. The former is perfunctory, the latter not (Foundations of the Orthodox Faith). Orthodox Church is apostolic Church is the grace of salvation.
- Which one will save Christians?
- Only Christians who serve God for the truth, those will save, according to the Holy Spirit: The Lord is near to all who call on him since he is (Psalm 144, 18). About people who have not got faith in God can not say that is perfunctory because Apostle teaches us: It is one Lord, one faith and one baptism (Ephesians 4, 5, I Corinthians 12, 12). And again: Peace from those who will walk by this rule (right belief) (Galatians 6, 16) and elsewhere: Who does not fight the law, not încununează (II Timothy 2, 5).
- All men have the grace Holy Spirit?
- Pagans, necredinciosii and apostatii (lepădatii right belief) does not have the grace Preasfântului Spirit. In the Old and New Testament, grace the Holy Spirit was făgăduit all those who will believe in Jesus Christ (Isaiah 44, 3, 59, 21; Iezechiel 36, 27, Acts 2, 17-18). In weather and many misleading and false Christ will show cunningly that grace the Holy Spirit will perform great signs and wonders by false power of Satan to deceive many, and remove from the right faith, as the Lord said (Matthew 24, 24).
Vrăjitorii, proorocii liar, ereticii, cheating and marriage făcătorii of false miracles are fright before God and God listens to them (Leviticus 20, 27, Deuteronomy 18, 10-12).
Christians who fall into sin heavy sad Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4, 30). However do not lose the grace of salvation. If you will return with all my heart to confession and the facts good work, they again grace Preasfântului Spirit, because the first sin committed against the Holy Spirit is, as said in the Foundations of the Orthodox Faith, "răutatea disbelief truth and showed evidence of Right faith in Christ. "
- Cleopa Father, give us a closing word.
- Word of discharge must first blemish on Sinema me that you do not talk. And therefore you please ask for me, sinner, to remember the words of Saint John of the Ladder: "He is the one and learn what not, that is rusinându of his words, to start and he work in one day. "
So I can talk to another, I think I ever will. Because talking is easy. Nothing's easier that way. Amen.
