🔻Description (expand)🔻 #aboutKonstantinKorepanov Speech by priest Konstantin Korepanov at the annual International Rally of Sobriety and Health "Ural-2024", which took place from July 9 to 15, 2024 on the shore of the Mariinsky Reservoir. The format of the rally is a tent camp, in which more than five hundred participants of the rally settled. We only have an audio recording of Father Konstantin's lecture. The Fruitfulness of Silence 0:00 - Introduction, designation of the topic of conversation. Father Konstantin reads two passages from the Holy Scripture, which he will refer to throughout the lecture. The first passage is the entire chapter 3 of the Epistle of the Apostle James (on taming your tongue and on the difference between the wisdom of demons and the wisdom that comes from above). The second is from the first epistle of the apostle Peter (1 Peter, 3:1-11), which speaks about the attitude of wives and husbands to each other, about what qualities they need to acquire in order to inherit Eternal Life. 14:41 - Words addressed to another with bitterness (with resentment, quarrelsomeness) are always a manifestation of demonic wisdom, a reflection of hell in our hearts. The first step in repentance is to stop saying caustic words to another. 20:22 - What to do if our complaints do not affect our neighbor? Wouldn't it be wiser to stop nagging and try somehow differently? How? 26:20 - True holiness is the imperishable beauty of a silent spirit. A sign of holiness is the desire to be silent. A saint cannot always afford to be silent, but the love of silence is always characteristic of him. 27:36 - Truth is only with those who keep the peace. If you want your life to be good, seek peace. Words do not lead to peace, silence leads to peace. 30:17 – How can we understand if our soul is dead? Words of love are not the words “I love you.” What are they, words of love? 36:29 – Why does the Word of God not enter our hearts, but bounce off them? Our two incorrect reactions to new information from the Holy Scriptures: we run and broadcast to other people what impressed us, and if we undertake to fulfill what we heard, we begin to see ourselves as better than those who do not know this rule and do not fulfill it. Few people silently, with trepidation and patience begin to cultivate their hearts so that the Word of God grows in them and takes root. Only patient, faithful fulfillment of the Word of God corrects our sick heart. 51:08 – In order for our heart to accept the Word of God, we need to learn to be silent. If we do not want to remain silent, we will not be able to acquire either tears or heartfelt contrition, which means that our heart will not change, and our words will continue to bring evil to another person. 55:24 – What are the reasons for our excessive talking? Our life takes place in a world filled with lies. We are surrounded on all sides by crazy words, advice, ideas. These words, like seeds of lies, sprout in us, and our faith diminishes, and our vision of the goal becomes vague. 58:46 – One of the erroneous rules is the confidence that problems in relationships are solved if people necessarily speak them out, discuss them, express to each other everything that has accumulated in their souls. In fact, this does not solve the problem, because we cannot bring peace to another if there is no peace in our own hearts. 1:00:57 – So, to remain silent or to speak? Father Constantine gives an example from life about a husband and his socks. 1:04:44 – About the story by V. Tendryakov “Night after graduation”. 1:07:32 – Conclusion. Learn to be silent with the world. Don’t discuss your family problems with each other. Once you start talking about other people’s shortcomings, it’s hard to stop, because everyone has a lot of shortcomings. No one, even the most humble, will endure this analysis without harm to themselves and to their relationship with you. Bear each other’s burdens … Author: Konstantin Korepanov Sberbank card number 2202208127548973 (Inna Viktorovna K.) This is Father Konstantin’s mother. Note # donation It won’t be possible to transfer more using the old card. #aboutKonstantinKorepanov