Fault-Finding Farisees!!! [US Visitors’ Numbers by State]

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The '3F' Society

/b. Daniel of Erie /

Vladyka Daniel joked with visitors.

Vladyka: Would you like to join our
new society, the "Three F" Society?

Visitor: What do the three Fs stand for?

Vladyka: Fault-finding Farisees.

Visitor: But "Pharisee" is not spelled with an F

Vladyka: Ah, you see, you are already one of us!

just /like me/

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Unique Visitors’ Numbers by State – as on February 26, 2013; at 11:40 LT

			Total visitors			Last visit
4.			United States	1,448				7 hours ago
State Unique Visitors Last New Visitor 4.1. California 590 February 25, 2013 4.2. New York 73 February 15, 2013 4.3. Texas 59 February 22, 2013 4.4. Georgia 59 January 24, 2013 4.5. Oregon 54 February 15, 2013 4.6. Washington 50 February 23, 2013 4.7. Florida 49 February 13, 2013 4.8. Iowa 46 February 10, 2013 4.9. Pennsylvania 45 January 29, 2013 4.10. Massachusetts 36 22 hours ago 4.11. North Carolina 33 February 25, 2013 4.12. Michigan 30 February 24, 2013 4.13. Illinois 28 February 14, 2013 4.14. Missouri 25 February 19, 2013 4.15. New Jersey 22 February 24, 2013 4.16. Ohio 22 February 15, 2013 4.17. Wisconsin 21 February 14, 2013 4.18. Indiana 20 February 19, 2013 4.19. Virginia 16 February 25, 2013 4.20. Tennessee 15 February 14, 2013 4.21. Arizona 11 February 2, 2013 4.22. Colorado 10 February 22, 2013 4.23. Maryland 9 February 20, 2013 4.24. South Carolina 9 February 20, 2013 4.25. Utah 7 January 28, 2013 4.26. Minnesota 7 February 5, 2013 4.27. West Virginia 7 January 14, 2013 4.28. Connecticut 7 February 24, 2013 4.29. Oklahoma 6 7 hours ago 4.30. Kansas 6 February 23, 2013 4.31. Alabama 6 November 21, 2012 4.32. Kentucky 5 January 18, 2013 4.33. New Hampshire 5 January 29, 2013 4.34. Nevada 5 January 27, 2013 4.35. Nebraska 5 January 19, 2013 4.36. Louisiana 5 December 17, 2012 4.37. District of Columbia 4 17 hours ago 4.38. Rhode Island 3 August 21, 2012 4.39. New Mexico 3 August 11, 2012 4.40. North Dakota 3 October 29, 2012 4.41. Idaho 2 June 27, 2012 4.42. Alaska 2 April 24, 2012 4.43. Arkansas 1 December 8, 2010 4.44. Montana 1 January 14, 2012 4.45. Hawaii 1 January 25, 2012 4.46. Maine 1 October 2, 2012 4.47. Wyoming 1 October 11, 2012 4.48. Delaware 1 December 4, 2012 4.49. Mississippi 1 December 21, 2012 Unknown 21 February 16, 2013 49 out of 51 regions collected 1,448 Pray for /the here-missing Orthodox in/ South Dakota Vermont

SUCH IS THE HUMAN NATURE People [tend to] forget everything, even the remorse of their own conscience

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Bulgarians of Later Days (by Dobrin Popov)

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- Да би ти мене питал, чорбаджи, бих ти казал, че нивга не бих се занимавал с люде, надарени със силна слабост в главата, ама що да сторя?! Орисия. 

Земята нашенска е равномерно с идиоти заселена!

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[Хаджи Генчо е такъв един българин, какъвто се рядко ражда и на Еньовден: такъв човек ти не можеш намери ни в Ингелизко. Хаджи Генчо е твърде почтен човек, твърде добър, много учен и разумен; той всичко знае и на всичко е готов да ти отговори, защото е жива душа и пъргаво сърце.]

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Такава е човеческата натура! Хората заборавят всичко, даже и угризението на своята собствена совест. [КРАЙ]

Should you ask me, chorbadji [gaffer], I would say I would have never dealt with people profusely talented with strong weakness in the head - but what am I to do? [It's] My fortune.

Our earth is equally inhabited by idiots! 

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cf: [beginning]
Lyuben Karavelov - "Bulgarians of Olden Days", Chapter I - Hadji Gencho - first 2 sentences

cf. [last]

Such is the human nature! People [tend to] forget everything, even the remorse of their own conscience. [the End]

78 – Hegumen Nikon Read in Minutes of Despondency

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Letters to his spiritual children

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Translated from Russian
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78. 

 

78 – Hegumen Nikon 

 

... , Keep this letter and read in minutes of despondency. 

 

My dear ...! 

 

          I've received your letter, and I deeply sympathize with you. I have lots to tell you in response to your doubts and sorrows, but I'm not good at writing. You have chosen for yourself a path of life that is extremely difficult for our time, and if you endure to the end – it would not suffice to say that all your sorrows will be rewarded million times – you will simply (I’ll not say forget them) you’ll regret that these sorrows have been too small [few]. This may seem strange to you [now] but it is like this. I am deeply convinced that also the great ancient martyrs – they, too, were sorry they suffered little and therefore they could not respond to God with such love as that they ought to feel for the Lord. 

 

          Love even for a man seeks to find expression by doing things that are pleasing to the beloved one, whatever sacrifices this may take. The stronger a love is, the greater the desire to prove [demonstrate] it; and an unselfish love can be proved only by sacrifice and since true love knows no boundaries, so thirst for sacrifice as an act of love knows no boundaries, either. He who loves God, he would also want to suffer for God, and along with the growing up of love willingness to endure anything will also grow up, for no other reason than to not have the Lord walk away from us, with the sole purpose of being closer to Him. It is impossible to not love the Lord if we get close to Him, more precisely [put], if He comes close to us.