Satanic Charismatic Movement EXPOSED!

“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies... And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.” —2nd Peter 1,3

The Word of God explicitly warns us that in the latter times, false prophets would arise in significant numbers... “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:11).

1st Timothy 4:1,2 state, “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.” There is NO bigger group of LIARS today than the Charismatic crowd.

Satanic Charismatic Movement EXPOSED!

The Charismatic Movement is of the devil. If you're involved in it, get out of it now! Repent, reject all Pentecostal, Charismatic, Papist (Roman "catholic"), protestant heresies. Embrace true Orthodox Christianity. The One True Church Jesus founded!

Ascension of Christ - La Ascensión de Cristo

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The Ascension of Jesus Christ is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated forty days after Pascha (and thus always falling on a Thursday).

Forty days after the Resurrection, while blessing his disciples (Gospel of Luke 24:50-51), Christ ascended into heaven, taking his place at the right hand of the Father (Gospel of Mark 16:19 and Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed).

The first account of the Ascension found in the Bible is in the Gospel of Mark (16:14-19). The description is brief. Jesus and the remaining eleven disciples are seated at a table, presumably in a room in or near Jerusalem. Jesus commands his followers to spread the Gospel, and that those who believe will be known by their invulnerability to poison, ability to heal the sick, and the like. After delivering these final words, Jesus is received into heaven to sit at the right hand of God. No description of the Ascension itself is given; Mark simply states that it happened.

The Gospel of Luke is even more brief in its description (24:50-51). Jesus led the eleven to Bethany, not far from Jerusalem. While in the act of blessing them, Jesus was carried up to heaven.

The third, and most celebrated, account of the Ascension is in the Acts of the Apostles (1:9-12). For forty days after the Resurrection, Jesus continued to preach the Gospel. Jesus and the eleven were gathered near Mt. Olivet (or the Mount of Olives), to the northeast of Bethany. Jesus tells his disciples that they will receive the power of the Holy Spirit and that they will spread his message the world over. Jesus is taken up and received by a cloud. Some traditions say that he was taken up in a fiery chariot, much like the Prophet Elijah. Two men clothed in white appear and tell the disciples that Jesus will return in the same manner as he was taken. They say: "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into Heaven? This same Jesus, Who is taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into Heaven" (Acts 1:11). Afterwards, the disciples return to Jerusalem rejoicing, remaining continually in the Temple.

The Gospel of Matthew ends at a mountain in Galilee, with Jesus commanding the disciples to spread the Gospel. No mention of the Ascension is made.

The Ascension of Christ shows the last stage in God's plan for mankind: total union with Himself upon one's departure from the world. According to V. Rev. George Florovsky, "in the Ascension resides the meaning and the fullness of Christ's Resurrection....and with Christ, man's nature ascends also."

Hymns
Troparion (Tone 4) O Christ God, You have ascended in Glory,Granting joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit.Through the blessing they were assured that You are the Son of God,The Redeemer of the world!

Kontakion (Tone 6)  When You did fulfill the dispensation for our sake,And unite earth to Heaven:You did ascend in glory, O Christ our God,Not being parted from those who love You,But remaining with them and crying:I am with you and no one will be against you.




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ESPAÑOL:
La Ascensión de Jesucristo es una de las Grandes Fiestas de la Iglesia Ortodoxa, celebrada cuarenta días después de Pascha (y por eso siempre cae un jueves).

Cuarenta días después de la Resurrección, mientras bendecía a sus discípulos (Evangelio de Lucas 24: 50-51), Cristo ascendió al cielo, tomando su lugar a la diestra del Padre (Evangelio de Marcos 16:19 y Credo Niceno-Constantinopolitano).

El primer relato de la Ascensión que se encuentra en la Biblia está en el Evangelio de Marcos (16: 14-19). La descripción es breve. Jesús y los once discípulos restantes están sentados en una mesa, presumiblemente en una habitación en o cerca de Jerusalén. Jesús ordena a sus seguidores que difundan el Evangelio, y que aquellos que creen serán conocidos por su invulnerabilidad al veneno, la capacidad de curar a los enfermos y cosas por el estilo. Después de pronunciar estas palabras finales, Jesús es recibido en el cielo para sentarse a la diestra de Dios. No se da una descripción de la Ascensión misma; Mark simplemente dice que sucedió.

El Evangelio de Lucas es aún más breve en su descripción (24: 50-51). Jesús llevó a los once a Betania, no lejos de Jerusalén. Mientras que en el acto de bendecirlos, Jesús fue llevado al cielo.

El tercer y más celebrado relato de la Ascensión está en los Hechos de los Apóstoles (1: 9-12). Durante cuarenta días después de la resurrección, Jesús continuó predicando el Evangelio. Jesús y los once se reunieron cerca del monte. Olivet (o el Monte de los Olivos), al noreste de Betania. Jesús les dice a sus discípulos que recibirán el poder del Espíritu Santo y que difundirán su mensaje por todo el mundo. Jesús es tomado y recibido por una nube. Algunas tradiciones dicen que fue llevado en un carro de fuego, muy parecido al profeta Elijah. Aparecen dos hombres vestidos de blanco y les dicen a los discípulos que Jesús volverá de la misma manera en que lo llevaron. Dicen: "Ustedes, hombres de Galilea, ¿por qué están mirando al cielo? Este mismo Jesús, que es llevado de ustedes al cielo, vendrá de la misma manera que lo han visto ir al cielo" (Hechos 1:11 ) Luego, los discípulos regresan a Jerusalén regocijándose, permaneciendo continuamente en el Templo.

El Evangelio de Mateo termina en una montaña en Galilea, con Jesús ordenando a los discípulos que difundan el Evangelio. No se hace mención de la Ascensión.

La Ascensión de Cristo muestra la última etapa en el plan de Dios para la humanidad: la unión total consigo mismo al partir del mundo. Según V. Rev. George Florovsky, "en la Ascensión reside el significado y la plenitud de la Resurrección de Cristo ... y con Cristo, la naturaleza del hombre también asciende".

Himnos 
Troparion (Tono 4) Oh Cristo Dios, has ascendido en Gloria, otorgando alegría a tus discípulos por la promesa del Espíritu Santo. ¡A través de la bendición se les aseguró que Tú eres el Hijo de Dios, el Redentor del mundo!

Kontakion (tono 6) Cuando cumpliste la dispensación por nuestro bien, y uniste la tierra al cielo: ascendiste en gloria, oh Cristo, nuestro Dios, no te separaste de los que te aman, sino que te quedaste con ellos y llorando: Yo soy contigo y nadie estará en tu contra.

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St. Athanasius, Father of Orthodoxy

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In the half-century after the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicaea in 325, if there was one man whom the Arians feared and hated more intensely than any other, as being able to lay bare the whole error of their teaching, and to marshal, even from exile or hiding, the beleaguered forces of the Orthodox, it was Saint Athanasius the Great. This blazing lamp of Orthodoxy, which imperial power and heretics' plots could not quench when he shone upon the lampstand, nor find when he was hid by the people and monks of Egypt, was born in Alexandria about the year 296. He received an excellent training in Greek letters and especially in the sacred Scriptures, of which he shows an exceptional knowledge in his writings. Even as a young man he had a remarkable depth of theological understanding; he was only about twenty years old when he wrote his treatise On the Incarnation. Saint Alexander, the Archbishop of Alexandria, brought him up in piety, ordained him his deacon, and, after deposing Arius for his blasphemy against the Divinity of the Son of God, took Athanasius to the First Council in Nicaea in 325; Saint Athanasius was to spend the remainder of his life labouring in defence of this holy Council. In 326, before his death, Alexander appointed Athanasius his successor.

In 325, Arius had been condemned by the Council of Nicaea; yet through Arius' hypocritical confession of Orthodox belief, Saint Constantine the Great was persuaded by Arius' supporters that he should be received back into the communion of the Church. But Athanasius, knowing well the perverseness of his mind, and the disease of heresy lurking in his heart, refused communion with Arius. The heresiarch's followers then began framing false charges against Athanasius; finally Saint Constantine the Great, misled by grave charges of the Saint's misconduct-which were completely false-had him exiled to Tiberius (Treves) in Gaul in 336. When Saint Constantine was succeeded by his three sons Constantine II, Constans, and Constantius, in 337, Saint Athanasius returned to Alexandria in triumph. But his enemies found an ally in Constantius, Emperor of the East; Saint Athanasius' second exile was spent in Rome. It was ended when Constans prevailed with threats upon his brother Constantius to restore Athanasius (see also Nov. 6). For ten years Saint Athanasius strengthened Orthodoxy throughout Egypt, visiting the whole country and encouraging all, clergy, monastics, and layfolk, being loved by all as a father. But after Constans' death in 350, Constantius became sole Emperor,and Athanasius was again in danger. In the evening of February 8, 356, General Syrianus with more than five thousand soldiers surrounded the church in which Athanasius was serving, and broke open the doors. Athanasius' clergy begged him to leave, but the good shepherd commanded that all the flock should withdraw first; and only when he was assured of their safety, he also, protected by divine grace, passed through the midst of the soldiers and disappeared into the deserts of Egypt, where for some six years he eluded the soldiers and spies sent after him.

When Julian the Apostate succeeded Constantius in 361, Athanasius returned again, but only for a few months. Because Athanasius had converted many pagans, and the priests of the idols in Egypt wrote to Julian that if Athanasius remained, idolatry would perish in Egypt, the heathen Emperor ordered not Athanasius' exile, but his death. Athanasius took ship up the Nile. When he learned that his imperial pursuers were following him, he had his men turn back, and as his boat passed that of his pursuers, they asked him if he had seen Athanasius. "He is not far," he answered. After returning to Alexandria for a while, he fled again to the Thebaid until Julian's death in 363. Saint Athanasius suffered his fifth and last exile under Valens in 365, which only lasted four months because Valens, fearing a sedition among the Egyptians for their beloved Archbishop, revoked his edict in February, 366.

The great Athanasius passed the remaining seven years of his life in peace. Of his fifty-seven years as Patriarch, he had spent some seventeen in exiles. Shining from the height of his throne like a radiant evening star, and enlightening the Orthodox with the brilliance of his words for yet a little while, this much-suffering champion inclined toward the sunset of his life, and, in the year 373, took his rest from his lengthy sufferings, but not before another luminary of the truth, Basil the Great, had risen in the East, being consecrated Archbishop of Caesarea in 370. Besides all his other achievements, Saint Athanasius wrote the life of Saint Anthony the Great, with whom he spent time in his youth; ordained Saint Frumentius first Bishop of Ethiopia; and in his Paschal Encyclical for the year 367 set forth the books of the Old and New Testaments accepted by the Church as canonical. Saint Gregory the Theologian, in his Oration On the Great Athanasius, said he was "Angelic in appearance, more angelic in mind; ... rebuking with the tenderness; of a father, praising with the dignity of a ruler ... Everything was harmonious, as an air upon a single lyre, and in the same key; his life, his teaching, his struggles, his dangers, his return, and his conduct after his return ... be treated so mildly and gently those who had injured him, that even they themselves, if I may say so, did not find his restoration distasteful."

Apolytikion in the Third Tone
Thou wast Orthodoxy's steadfast pillar, holding up the Church with godly dogmas, O great Hierarch, for thou didst preach unto all that God the Son is one essence in very truth with God the Father; thus thou didst shame Arius. Righteous Father Athanasius, do thou entreat Christ God that His great mercy may be granted unto us.

Kontakion in the Second Tone
Having planted the dogmas of Orthodoxy, thou didst cut out the thorns of false doctrine; and with the rain of the Spirit, thou didst increase the seed of the Faith, Wherefore, we praise thee, O righteous Athanasius.


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