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This work is written during his resting periods at Lake Ochrid (1921) in poetic-prose style, similar in spirituality to the Psalms of David. Can those who are themselves homeless really build the temple for the Teacher of all builders? (...) When you build the best for Him, you are setting an example for your soul, showing her what she should be building within herself (...) You build Him expensive edifices, in order to remind your soul that she was intended for, a royal palace, and not for show more hovels of clay (...) But what will become of your temples (...) If the domes of your temples are forever higher than your souls? (...) If the width of your temples is forever wider than the narrowness of your souls? (...) If your altars are forever shining more brightly than the shrines of your souls? (...) They will become the dead monuments of dead souls. Meet one of the greatest Orthodox bishops of the 20th century, an theological writer and a highly gifted orator, known as "The New Chrysostom". Saint Nikolai Velimirovich of Ohrid and Zhicha (1880-1956) was bishop in the Serbian Orthodox Church and the author of many Orthodox books. show less

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281.9092ReligionChristian denominationsEarly church and Eastern churchesEastern or Greco-Russian or Holy orthodox churchBiography and HistoryBiography
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