AGREE TO THE CROSS. ARCHPRIEST SERGIY BARANOV

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNELS ON TELEGRAM, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND SOUNCLOUD SERMON ON THE SUNDAY OF THE HOLY CROSS In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit! In order to mark up the fineness of gold, people overburn it. What is the point of that? All the related impurities, which degrade the quality of gold, burn out. All the alien and unnecessary components vanish from its content. It is very symbolic and reminds us of the burning of a human’s nature, which encompasses too many unnecessary and filthy things. To get rid of our impurity we need to go through fire and improve our quality. However, you should realize that it is very painful. The fire burns, it burns out all our sinful, unnecessary and alien to God things; the things which are alien to our God-likeness. To come back to God, to approach Him, not physically, but by the quality of our souls, we need to burn out everything, which is alien to the nature of God. Thus, we will bec