The Burning Bush
Blog URL http://theburningbush.wordpress.com/
Located Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Tags Jesus Christ, Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Christian, Holy Trinity, Salvation, Theology, Eucharist, Eschatology, Burning Bush
An Orthodox Christian blog with sermons, quotes, excerpts and much more! All articles center around the theological understanding of the Eastern Orthodox Church regarding the Holy Trinity, the Lord Jesus Christ and the salvation of man.
Latest Blog Posts
- Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi Monastery on Holy Communion on Nov 18, 2009 in Uncategorized
There are some monks that confess every day. Monks receive the Communion four times a week – on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. On other days, there is a strict fast – food is prepared without oil; and on Saturdays food is prepared wi...
- St. Simeon the New Theologian’s Prayer to Christ on Nov 14, 2009 in Uncategorized
Thou, O Christ, art the Kingdom of Heaven; Thou, Oh Christ, art the kingdom of Heaven; Thou, the land promised to the meek; Thou, the meadowland of paradise; Thou, the hall of the celestial banquet; Thou, the ineffable bridal chamber; Thou, the table...
- St. John of Damascus on the Holy Angels on Nov 10, 2009 in Uncategorized
Angels have no need of tongue or hearing, but without uttering words they communicate to each other their own thoughts and counsels. They are circumscribed: for when they are in the Heaven they are not on the earth; and when they are sent by God down...
- St. Diadochus of Photice (Epirus) On the Natural World on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized
Evil does not exist by nature, nor is any man naturally evil, for God made nothing that was not good. When in the desire of his heart someone conceives and gives form to what in reality has no existence, then what he desires begins to exist. We shoul...
- St. Peter of Damascus On True Repentance on Nov 3, 2009 in Uncategorized
It is always possible to make a new start by means of repentance. ‘You fell,’ it is written, ‘now arise’ (Proverbs 24:16.) And if you fall again, then rise again, without despairing at all of your salvation, no matter what hap...
- St. Gregory Palamas on the Perichoresis of the Most Holy Trinity on Oct 30, 2009 in Uncategorized
God is identical within Himself, since the three divine hypostases mutually co-inhere and inter-penetrate naturally, totally, eternally, inseparably, and yet without mingling or confusion, so that their energy is also one. This could never be the c...
- St. Macarius the Great on Apophaticism on Oct 22, 2009 in Uncategorized
Let us therefore, set aside such matters and seek rather, as skilled merchants, to possess the heavenly inheritance and those things that are of profit to our soul. Let us learn to lay hold of the good possessions that will remain always with us. But...
