Why Do You Trouble Yourselves in Vain? (Sermon)

Details: By Metropolitan Demetrius of America; Created on Sunday, 08 February 2026 19:55

Oh you people, why do you trouble yourselves in vain? Look at me, who have given up everything in the world for the sake of Christ. St. Xenia’s life becomes a mirror held before us—a call to examine how deeply we are entangled in distraction, pride, and the “mind of the flesh,” rather than the mind of Christ.

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