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- WTF Happened in 1971?
- Homily on Holy Pascha
- Paschal Epistle of St. John Maximovitch
- Pascha of Incorruption
- Paschal homily of Saint John Chrysostom
- Paschal Message
- Paschal Epistle
- ‘Insights into Theopolitics from an Episode in New France’
- Trump Torches MAGA — Blasts His Biggest (Now Former) Supporters
- How to Start A Revolution – #SolutionsWatch
- The New York Times Article Everybody Is Talking About: It Seems To Me They're Between Acts, Shifting Narratives, And Preparing Scapegoats
- Iranian Media Reports Passage Of Oil Tankers Stopped In Strait Of Hormuz After Israeli Strikes On Lebanon; Trump Calls Lebanon "A Separate Skirmish," Says "They Were Not Included In The Deal."
- Israel Goes Rogue: "Unprecedented" Bombardment Of Lebanon
- Aftermath: Prominent American Voices "Sick" Of Trump's Ultra-Violent, Genocidal Social Media Posts REGARDLESS Of Whether Inscrutable Negotiating Wizardry Turns Up In The Fossil Record In 2,000 Years
- A Name In The Sand
- Sour Grapes: Israel Not Happy With Two Week Ceasefire Between US and Iran, Says It Is Abiding "Reluctantly," But Stresses The Deal "Does Not Include Lebanon."
- Could Judas Have Been Forgiven—Like Peter?
- “Who Will You Leave Your Children With?”
- ‘Don’t Like Carbon Capture? AI Is a Whole Lot Worse’
- Episode 497 – The “Multipolar World Order” IS the New World Order!
- Russian government judo-chops internet & cows
- April Open Thread (2026)
- ‘Carbon Capture Is a Trojan Horse for Technocracy’
- Interview 2010 – Won’t Government Save Us From The Smartphone Zombies?! (NWNW #625)
- Libertas.Earth – #SolutionsWatch
- Ron Paul: Still The Voice of Reason
- Remembrances for April - 2026
- Agitating for mind-revolution
- From Ben-Hur to the Fall of Constantinople: Lew Wallace, Faith, and the Limits of Historical Imagination
- Lord, it is Good to be Here: Building Orthodox Culture in America
- ‘Springtime of Renewal in Serbia, but What of Dixie?’
- New York Times: ’13 U.S. Bases Uninhabitable’ — We Could’ve Just Marched Home
- St John of the Ladder and the Order of the Heart
- How to Unload a Lorry of Bricks Without Growing Weary
- ‘More Solar and Wind Power Brings Increased Risk of Blackouts’
- War Isn’t Free … How The American People Pay Dearly For It
- Trump & Netanyahu: Who’s the boss? Maybe we’ll find out
- Trump vs. NATO — Would He Actually Leave?
- A New Television Series on the Life of Saint Joseph the Hesychast Coming Soon
- New Liturgical Handbook Illuminates the Heart of Orthodox Worship
- Why Temptations Often Intensify During Great Lent
- What Is Grace? How God Shares His Life with Us
- Image and Awe
- The King’s Iconographer on Hierarchy, Beauty, and the Crisis of Modern Art
- No water for Donetsk, but lots of tasty Russian gas for NATO!
- No "security guarantees" for the peasants!
- Screens in our Lives and in Society (Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)
- Friendly banker can't stop cattle-tagging Russian children
- Don't waddle away
- Introduction to the Divine Liturgy
- Introducere în Sfânta Liturghie
- “I Write As It Comes Down To Me”: Papadiamantis as a Poet and the Ethos of Inspiration. 115 Years Since His Repose.
- On Religious Cinema
- From Popsicle Sticks to Iconostasis: Art of an Argentine Master Craftsman
- Bach's Christmas Oratorio (Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Mani)
- The Church Gesamtkunstverk: Harmony of the Arts in the Church of St. Onuphrius the Great
- New CHD Book, ‘Total Load Theory,’ Offers Practical Guidance for Addressing Toxic Overload
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| Miercuri, 04 Aprilie 2012 09:02 |
Materialul prezenta cazul unei femei care s-a ingrasat consumand foarte multa paine si produse procesate precum chipsuri sau pateuri vegetale. Reportajul continea foarte multe lucruri inadecvate la realitate asa ca am sa incerc sa le demontez pe scurt. In primul rand, chiar daca foarte multe persoane practica postul dietetic, semnificatia trebuie sa fie in primul rand spirituala. Nu tii post ca sa slabesti, asa cum nu faci metanii pentru a-ti intari musculatura abdomenului. Parintele Arsenie Papacioc spunea ca postul nu este doar o retinere de la mancare, ci o rugaciune. Iar Calist Catafygiotul afirma: “Căci când a fost dus Domnul Iisus în pustie de către Duhul, având să biruiască pe diavol, a tămăduit partea poftitoare a sufletului prin post; partea raţională prin priveghere şi rugăciune liniştită; şi mânia prin împotrivire în cuvânt”. Dupa cum se poate vedea, in spatele retinerilor culinare, dar nu numai, se afla o intreaga antropologie si soteriologie, insa nu este nevoie sa intram acum in aceste subiecte, cu toate ca ele sunt esentiale pentru intelegerea acestui “ciudat obicei”. In al doilea rand, postul presupune nu doar infranarea de la anumite alimente, ci si o diminuare a cantitatii. Un parinte spunea odata ca daca mananci trei paini pe zi nu inseamna ca ai tinut post. Scopul postului nu il reprezinta trecerea de la hamburgeri la chipsuri, ci lupta cu partea apetenta a sufletului. In al treilea rand, cauzalitatea exprimata in titlu este pur si simplu falsa. Persoanele care tin post, de regula, slabesc, cata vreme nu mananca produse procesate, desi nu acesta este obiectivul, dar, cel mai important, nu se imbolnavesc, in parte din motive legate de alimentatie, dar si din cauze spirituale. Iar cel mai bun exemplu in acest sens il constituie Muntele Athos, acolo unde calugarii au un regim alimentar bazat pe fructe si legume. Un studiu a analizat starea de sanatate a pustnicilor intre 1994 si 2007, iar rezultatele au fost absolut spectaculoase: cancerul are o prezenta foarte redusa (11 cazuri in 13 ani intr-o populatie de peste 2000 de persoane), Alzheimer si Parkinson sunt inexistente, bolile de inima lipsesc. De asemenea, speranta de viata este una dintre cele mai ridicate din lume. Toate aceste detalii nu demonstreaza decat efectele secundare ale postului, scopul principal fiind apropierea de Dumnezeu. Dar despre asta nu veti afla nimic de la televizor. |




Mancarea are o importanta imensa, astfel incat un filosof materialist, Ludwig Fuerbach, foarte apreciat de comunisti, a declarat ca “omul este ceea ce mananca”. Insa, pentru a continua pe aceeasi linie, am putea spune ca la fel de important este si ceea ce nu mananca. Astfel intelegem, cel putin la un nivel elementar laic, semnificatia postului in viata crestinilor, chiar daca resorturile abstinentei de la carne si produse alimentare de origine animala sunt spirituale.

