We must change - Become people of God.

ΤΗΕ ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

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I would like to remind you that in Orthodoxy man should change, we have to change, we have to repent, to be healed in Christ. Our nous has to be changed, our heart has to be purified, to be emptied completely and be filled with our Lord Jesus Christ. We have to change.

Do not bother when people say to you "You have changed."

"Yes, I have changed, indeed, but to what direction? That is the question."

Some will say: "Oh, you have changed because you got in Church and got influenced by those priests... bla, bla, bla"

You see? Yes. As a matter of fact, we do have to change.

Do not get upset when they say to us "you have changed". Respond and do not be afraid to say “Yes, I have changed, indeed!” You know, they are trying to intimidate us, when they talk to us this way. But we have to be happy we have changed, because this is what we actually ought to do! We have to undergo a certain change and, from the state of being sick, become healthy again. Let us not maintain our state of sickness, only to give the impression of having a strong personality, neither is it embarrassing, if we admit we were doing the wrong things so far.

f. Savvas Agioreitis

To be continued...