by Fr. Jonathan H. Cholcher “Flee Sodom and Gomorrah.  Flee the flame of every irrational appetite.” (Ode 3, Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete)  We pray this during the first week of Lent. The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah exemplify the depth of humanity’s sin especially practiced as sexual perversion.  The story of these cities situated at the south end of the Dead Sea is recorded in the Book of Genesis, chapters 18 and 19.  “Then the Lord said, ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah has been completed, and their sins are exceedingly … [Read more...]

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