Tuesday, February 3, 2015

The time that orthodoxy will prevail is close

Let we know that not only are natural laws, but also spiritual.
Therefore the wrath of God can not be addressed by cooperative
sinners (because double rage will obtain), but by repentance and observance of commands
Lord.
The elder Sophronius of the Holy Mountain (1993) telling the Essex England the
like the Holy Paisius: "The Association of Churches is difficult, if not impossible. those
speak for Churches union do not know the mentality of heterodox
or the level of Orthodoxy.
St. Paisius, the above knowledge was, advises everyone to be more
restrained, because there will be the time that the Lord will present their Marcus
Polite and quickly palms, to gather all
kataskandalismena our brothers, to confess the Orthodox Faith, to
fasten Tradition and give great joy to our Mother.
Essentially the elder prophesy a truly Orthodox Synod. Perhaps the 8th
Ecumenical Council for which prophesied that would become St. Nilus the Myrovlytis:
Afterward he made at the eighth meeting, and she wants to choose good from the
bad, ie Orthodoxy, as the farmer chooses the wheat from the chaff. and
then you make peace a little while people, and again will switch the concurring opinion
them in evil ....
Peace in the world can not come without the peacemaker, living and unadulterated
teaching of Orthodoxy. Spreading however, though continued after the fall of
City to a degree, will be maximized and will officially spread dynamically after the 3rd
World War II, General War like onomazei St. Cosmas of Aetolia.
This will be the period blink of Orthodoxy, for a short time, because
then begin again people drifting into evil.

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Usually the chocolate except the cocoa contains the following:



Protein: It is essential in cell metabolism.

Fat: Their percentage varies depending on the type of chocolate.

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble protein is important for the structure of cell membranes.

Calcium, phosphorus, magnesium: Is minerals play an important role in the metabolism of bones and teeth.

Iron: It is necessary for synthesis of hemoglobin which carries oxygen in the red blood cells.

Caffeine: It is a stimulant for the central nervous system.

Copper: Contributes to iron metabolism, helps in the synthesis of melanin in the skin, the hair and helps in the central nervous system function

Vegetable substances with antioxidant properties: The cocoa from which chocolate is made, contains more than 600 vegetable substances, such as polyphenols, which have antioxidant properties. These substances neutralize free radicals of oxygen generated by the normal metabolism. Oxygen free radicals can damage cell membranes and contribute to the development of atherosclerosis, heart disease and cancer. We also have an effect on the mechanisms of aging in the body. Dietary antioxidants contained in cocoa may protect against heart disease and cancer. It should be noted that the increase of the content in cocoa chocolate increases the concentration of polyphenols.
So we see that chocolate contains many useful and beneficial ingredients. As with many good and pleasant things in our lives, when we use it properly and without exaggeration, gives us satisfaction and nutrients. In a healthy diet, cocoa and chocolate offer significant when consumed in moderation.

The protection conferred by the chocolate against heart disease and cancer due to antioxidants such as polyphenols and catechins. The antioxidants of the chocolate is more than the tea, depending on its content, in cocoa.

In conclusion, we emphasize that chocolate and cocoa when eaten in moderation, can help our body against certain degenerative diseases, heart disease and cancer. Investigations are continuing to document conclusively protective health effects of cocoa and chocolate.

It is interesting that the chocolate contains substances that affect the brain. It has been calculated that the chocolate contains more than 300 active substances. Some of these affect the human brain and release endorphins.

Endorphins are natural hormones in our bodies, which make us feel pleasantly.

Also chocolate contains small amounts of caffeine are stimulatory, iron which is useful for the treatment of anemia as well as magnesium. Magnesium when low blood increases the pains that women have before beginning their period.

Additionally chocolate contains substances that affect the neurotransmitter system on which the brain function based. Specifically, the chocolate contains tryptophan which our brains uses to synthesize serotonin.

Serotonin produces feelings of satisfaction and happiness. There are other substances in chocolate cause pleasant changes in our emotional world and at our disposal.

All these facts explain why chocolate is extremely popular and many people may have a craving for it.

Finally, I would like to emphasize that chocolate when consumed in moderation, has positive effects not only on our physical health and our mental world and our mood. The positive effects of chocolate on health increases with increasing content of cocoa due to the antioxidants in which cocoa is rich.

Theology is, for the Fathers of the Orthodox Church, all about love.

A young man called me recently to discuss his family’s movement toward the Orthodox
Church. He told me a priceless story about how his seven-year old daughter helped him and
his wife understand an Orthodox practice that is often a hindrance to inquirers. Although the
family had icons in their home they could not grasp the reason for the practice of venerating
(kissing) them. One evening after prayers with his daughter she looked at the icon in her
room and asked, “Who is on those pictures, Daddy?”
He replied, “The Virgin Mary and Jesus.”
She picked up the icon, kissed it and hugged it to her chest exclaiming, “Oh, daddy, they love
you so much!”
“Then,” he told me, “We understood. It’s all about affection.”
Love, in fact, is the heart and soul of the theology of the early Church Fathers and of the
Orthodox Church. The Fathers of the Church—East and West—in the early centuries shared
the same perspective: humanity longs for liberation from the tyranny of death, sin, corruption
and the devil which is only possible through the Life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Only the compassionate advent of God in the flesh could accomplish our salvation, because
only He could conquer these enemies of humanity. It is impossible for Orthodoxy to imagine
life outside the all-encompassing love and grace of the God who came Himself to rescue His
fallen creation