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What We Receive is Not our Own: A Testimony of St Macarius the Great

Published: Oct. 26, 2012, 3:57 p.m.

b'In a remarkable text by St. Macarius, the Christian is told that if he sees an arrogant man perform miracles, "even raise the dead," he should not follow. This week, Fr. Irenei explores what this message means for the Orthodox Christian, and how the good works of God are to be stored up secretly in the loving Christian heart.'