#Maxim Evdokimov

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by Maxim Evdokimov

[expressions-of-nature]

by Maxim Evdokimov

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by Maxim Evdokimov

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Maxim Evdokimov

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"By the virtue of the Spirit and spiritual regeneration, man is raised to the dignity of the first Adam," said St. Macarius. Asceticism lessens the effects of the first sin and manifests the power of the spirit. The "bestiaries" of the desert recount an astonishing friendship, for the wild beasts recognized "the aroma of paradise" in the saints and ended by becoming more human, reflecting the human face with its gentle and intelligent eyes. The anchorites revived man's lost privilege, given to him by God, to rule the animals and to be king of the universe.

The world finds its norm, its scale of comparison, in th extreme efforts of the ascetics, their "maximalism." It perceives also the insipid dullness of the spirit of self-sufficiency. In the face of the declaration of common sense, "God does not ask so much of us," the asceticism of the desert proclaims the terrible jealousy of God, who after giving all of himself, asks all from us. The desert Fathers have left us an icon of this total gift. Its excessive features command our attention to ask us what is the utmost each one of us can do. The Christian type would not be what it is were it not for this asceticism, which from remote times has unconsciously made its purifying influence felt.

Paul Evdokimov

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Maxim Evdokimov

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Good morning...

A moment before sunrise ...

Maxim Evdokimov (phototourtravel.ru)

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Gateway to the marshmallow country | by Maxim Evdokimov 

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2020-21 Barys X.K. Rosters

Wingers

#10 Nikita Mikhailis (Karaganda, Kazakhstan)

#15 Yegor Petukhov (Barnaul, Russia)

#16 Yaroslav Evdokimov (Chelyabinsk, Russia)

#18 Pavel Akolzin (Moscow, Russia)

#22 Kirill Panyukov (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan)

#29 Jakob Lilja (Limhamm, Sweden)

#39 Matt Frattin (Edmonton, Alberta)

#48 Roman Starchenko (Oskemen, Kazakhstan)

#55 Bjorn Videll (Stockholm, Sweden)

#72 Maxim Musorov (Oskemen, Kazakhstan)

#96 Alikhan Asetov (Oskemen, Kazakhstan)

Centers

#14 Curtis Valk (Medicine Hat, Alberta)

#27 Anton Nekryach (Novosibirsk, Russia)

#64 Arkadiy Shestakov (Oskemen, Kazakhstan)

#68 Dmitri Gurkov (Moscow, Russia)

#86 Dmitri Grents (Oskemen, Kazakhstan)

#89 Anton Sagadeyev (Temirtau, Kazakhstan)

#95 Dmitri Shevchenko (Voskresensk, Russia)

Defensemen

#4 Yegor Shalapov (Kusa, Russia)

#9 Jesse Blacker (Toronto, Ontario)

#13 Temirlan Gaitamirov (Monument, Colorado)

#23 Kirill Polokhov (Karaganda, Kazakhstan)

#44 Darren Dietz (Medicine Hat, Alberta) C

#58 Viktor Sverberg (Goteborg, Sweden)

#69 Nikita Kleschenko (Prokopyevsk, Russia)

#71 Leonid Metalnikov (Oskemen, Kazakhstan)

#74 Valeri Orekhov (Satpaev, Kazakhstan)

#85 Alexei Maklyukov (Voskresensk, Russia)

Goalies

#1 Henrik Karlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)

#20 Sergei Kudryavtsev (Oskemen, Kazakhstan)

#31 Joni Ortio (Turku, Finland)

#60 Denis Karatayev (Oskemen, Kazakhstan)

[reflections-in-nature]

by Maxim Evdokimov

[expressions-of-nature]

Jack London Lake, Russia by Maxim Evdokimov

[liuinformatics-blog]

The Opioid Epidemic: How did we get here?

By now we have all heard of the opioid epidemic that is currently taking our country by storm. Nobody is safe from its wrath, the use and abuse of drugs does not discriminate. It’s important that we understand how it all started.

1991: This is the first wave- Opioid involved deaths began to spike and for this we can blame the over prescribing of opioid and opioid-combination medications for the treatment of pain. Pharmaceutical companies were reassuring prescribers that the risk of addiction to these drugs were very low. With very little data to back up these claims 86% of patients being prescribed these drugs were suffering from non-cancer related pain.

2010: The second wave- Around this time there was a significance decrease in the prescribing of opioids, people were dependent upon them but unable to get  prescriptions from their doctors. Enter: Heroin. Cheap, potent, and readily available on the streets. Similar effects to the prescribed opioids users were getting from their doctors. Deaths related to heroin overdoses increased dramatically. 

2013: The third wave- Increased amount of deaths due to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. 50-100 times more potent than heroin. It is made illegally and cheaper than heroin- hence why so many users are finding it cut into their drugs.

Our country is in serious turmoil ... On average, 130 American die every day from an opioid overdose. Even more interesting is that 80% of people who are using heroin first misused prescription opioids. This is a serious public health crisis with unavoidable consequences. 

Photo Credit: Evdokimov Maxim | Shutterstock

-Melissa H.

[hieromonkcharbel]

The world finds its norm, its scale of comparison, in the extreme efforts of the ascetics, their "maximalism." It perceives also the insipid dullness of the spirit of self-sufficiency. In the face of the declaration of common sense, "God does not ask so much of us," the asceticism of the desert proclaims the terrible jealousy of God, who after giving all of himself, asks all from us. The desert Fathers have left us an icon of this total gift. Its excessive features command our attention and ask us what is the utmost each one of jus can do. The Christian type would not be what it is were it not for this asceticism, which from remote times has unconsciously made its purifying influence felt.

We can go deeper still. The ascetics renounced culture in seeking the one thing needful. This desire had to become a passion for perfection: "Sell all that you have." Even more, "Sell all that you are. In the perfection of this attitude, all became a single act--the carrying of the cross. "Let him renounce himself and take up his cross." This is not the Liturgy, but is a preliminary to it, a rite of preparation, a compact and startling condensed version of immolation.

"Ground between the two millstones of humility," the ascetics sacrificed themselves in order that others would later profit from their “virginity of spirit," by inaugurating Christian culture.

Paul Evdokimov

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Maxim Evdokimov

Spas-Podgorie, região de Yaroslavl