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Goodbye! Have a nice life outside of nationstates.
Greetings!
After a long period with diplomatic relations interrupted, the Directorate of the Imperial Sanctuary is pleased that we have now re-established contact with all our diplomatic friends.
On behalf of the Directorate, the Department of Foreign Relations hereby sends an official greeting.
For prosperity, security and freedom!
Yours Sincerely,
Emanuel Marks
Director of Foreign Relations
Imperial Sanctuary
Brothers and friends!
Happy feast of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem! It has been a few days I haven't been able to log into NS and I hope all of you are doing well.
This feast comes right after Lazarus' Saturday where we celebrated the resurrection of the Lord's good old friend it is said in the Gospel.
This resurrection comes as an icon and preparation for what is coming for us very soon, i.e. the Resurrection of The Lord Himself.
But as the Lord has been entering Jerusalem while the children and people were acclaiming Him as the Messiah and King, shall we also reflect upon what it is that is preventing us to do the same within our own hearts and lives.
I wish you all a blessed Holy Week which usually comes with its own list if temptations. May the Lord Jesus Christ help us to remain steadfast and prepare ourselves properly for the coming feast of His Resurrection!
For this occasion, the Holy Orthodox Church is providing us with the following daily bread to consume for our spiritual growth.
Let us attend! Let us hear the reading of the Holy Gospel according to John!
Glory to Thee o God, Glory to Thee!
JOHN 12:1-18
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Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.
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There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.
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Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
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But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray Him, said,
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Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?
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This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.
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But Jesus said, "Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.
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For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.
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Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
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But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also,
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because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
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The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
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took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: Hosanna! 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!' The King of Israel!"
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Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:
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Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, your King is coming, Sitting on a donkey's colt."
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His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.
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Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness.
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For this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.
Glory to Thee o Lord, Glory to Thee!
I'm a Catholic catechumen.
All who follow the Nicene creed are welcome here.
The idea of this region is to have Christian tolerance, with a specific mission to preserve the Byzantine Orthodox Church.
Christ is King,
-Imperator Archon-
We have decided to cut ties with the communist regime I helped build.
What do you mean?
Also, Christ has Risen!
Ave Christus Rex. What do y'all think of the Catholic faith though?
On one side, I saw the Lord calling me; on the other, the world offering me its seducing charms and pleasures. How often did I embrace and reject, will and not will, the same thing! St. Hilary of Arles
Today is his feast day. Anyone attending any events related to this?
I consider any Christian following the Nicene Creed as a brother, denominational distinctions aside.
That's nice. Respect to my Eastern Orthodox brothers. Protestants though?
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