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For healing his daughter, Emperor Gordias rewarded Tryphon with lavish gifts, which he gave away to the poor on his way home. He did not preach Christ, but news of his miraculous healings in His name was spreading.
The Orthodox Church approaches the Great Lent which will start on March 3rd according to the Julian calendar. In order to prepare for the Lenten journey, the Church gives us four pre-lenten weeks to help us understand why we fast.
We are grateful to God to have a heavenly Mother Who has adopted all the people as Her children – obedient or rebellious, good natured or ill-willed. She loves us as a mother, and will always help and protect us whenever we need it.
Love, kindness and warmth can do wonders: it brings an inner change in people without embittering them and teaches them to love others, as these episodes from the life of Elder Hieronymus of Aegina show.