Liturgics

For those who love God, there is no weariness in keeping feast. Behold, as we now keep festival, the angels rejoice with us, the archangels are glad, and all the heavenly powers celebrate together with us. Let us then keep festival, not like the unbelievers, nor like the children of the Jews, but being filled…

It is fitting to do all things with discernment. One ought not to mourn excessively for the dead, nor to tear out one’s hair, nor to scratch one’s face, as the unbelievers do—those who have no hope of being with God. For the faithful, sorrow is appropriate only if someone dies without repentance; for such…