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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Rule 193: What is Joy in the Lord? And What Things that We Do Ought to Make Us Rejoice?…

Joy in the Lord is rejoicing at things done according to the commandment of the Lord for the glory of God. So when we do the commandments of the Lord, or suffer anything for the name of the Lord, we ought to rejoice and congratulate one another.