{"id":2506,"date":"2020-01-07T22:35:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T05:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2020-01-07T22:35:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T05:35:36","slug":"come-let-us-wonder-at-the-virgin-most-pure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=2506","title":{"rendered":"Come, let us wonder at the Virgin most pure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rozdestvo-Hristovo-Bozic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2509\" width=\"301\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rozdestvo-Hristovo-Bozic.jpg 900w, https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rozdestvo-Hristovo-Bozic-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rozdestvo-Hristovo-Bozic-768x796.jpg 768w, https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rozdestvo-Hristovo-Bozic-222x230.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCome, let us wonder at the virgin most pure, wondrous in herself, unique in\ncreation, she gave birth, yet knew no man; her pure soul with wonder was\nfilled, daily her mind gave praise in joy at the twofold wonder: her virginity\npreserved, her child most dear. Blessed is He who shone forth from her!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 St. Ephraim the Syrian, Songs of Praise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen God became known to us in the flesh, He neither received the passions\nof human nature, nor did the Virgin Mary suffer pain, nor was the Holy Spirit\ndiminished in any way, nor was the power of the Most High set aside in any\nmanner, and all this was because all was accomplished by the Holy Spirit. thus\nthe power of the Most High was not abased, and the Child was born with no damage whatsoever\nto the Mother\u2019s\nvirginity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>+ St. Gregory of Nyssa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you are about to pray to our Lady the Holy Virgin, be firmly assured,\nbefore praying, that you will not depart from her without having received\nmercy. To think thus and to have confidence in her is meet and right. She is,\nthe All-Merciful Mother of the All-Merciful God, the Word, and her mercies,\nincalculably great and innumerable, have been declared from all ages by all Orthodox Church; she is,\nindeed, an Abyss of\nmercies and bounties, as is said of Her in the canon of Odigitry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+ St. John of Kronstadt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Most Holy Mother of God prays for us\nceaselessly. She is always visiting us. Whenever we turn to her in our heart,\nshe is there. After the Lord, she is the greatest protection for mankind. How\nmany churches there are in the world that are dedicated to the Most Holy Mother\nof God! How many healing springs where people are cured of their ailments have\nsprung up in places where the Most Holy Theotokos appeared and blessed those\nsprings to heal both the sick and the healthy! She is constantly, by our side,\nand all too often we forget her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+ Elder Thaddeus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCome, let us wonder at the virgin most pure, wondrous in herself, unique in creation, she gave birth, yet knew no man; her pure soul with wonder was filled, daily her mind gave praise in joy at the twofold wonder: her virginity preserved, her child most dear. 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