The Wonderful Name

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"Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after My Name? It is Wonderful." Genesis 32:29

April 14, 2013

Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi on the Name of God

"The Name of our Lord is not a mere word. His Name is power, energy, resurrection and life."

Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi Athonite Conversations
St. Petersburg, 2004, p. 139
(Russian edition)

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"The Name of God is by nature holy and all-holy, and the source of sanctification." St. Macarius of Corinth

"The Name of God is God Himself." St. John of Kronstadt

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"I see in the so called Name-fighting... a fundamental apostasy from the Orthodox mindset." New Hieromartyr Mark (Novoselov)

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