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“We prepare the ground for our prayer when we shed something which is not Christ's, which is unworthy of him, and only the prayer of one who can, like St. Paul say, 'I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me,' is real Christian prayer.”

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Anthony of Sourozh
Anthony of Sourozh

Anthony of Sourozh, born in June 1914 and died on August 4, 2003, was a renowned writer whose works primarily focused on religion and theology, having a profound impact on Orthodox Christian thought. more

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