Wisdom From Modern Orthodox Elders
“First the name of Christ sanctifies the atmosphere and drives away demons. Second, when a person is praying out loud someone else will not easily begin talking idly with...
Wisdom From Modern Orthodox Elders
“Fasting is also a commandment from God.… All the righteous people in the Old Testament fast…Even heathen Nineveh kept the fast (read in Prophet Jonah). If the heathens kept...
Wisdom From Modern Orthodox Elders
“As you gather mechanically the undistracted mind concentrates on unceasing prayer. However when many people are together they start talking and joking as the day passes pleasantly. For...
Wisdom From Modern Orthodox Elders
“Truly, we are far more in need today of a return to the sources of genuine Orthodoxy than Blessed Paisius was! Our situation is hopeless! And yet God’s mercy...
Wisdom From Modern Orthodox Elders
“You see when someone commits a sin for the first time he feels a certain censure, a certain amount of grief. If he repeats the sin a second time...
Wisdom From Modern Orthodox Elders
“We need to regard all of the faithful as one and think that each one of them is Christ. We need to have such love for each individual that...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“We must not deceive ourselves: the life of the desert-dwellers of the Northern Thebaid is far beyond us in our time of unparalleled spiritual emptiness. In any epoch the...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“You wonder why does the world referred to imams and rabbis as priests…Don’t be surprised. This is theadopting of non-Christians to the Christian way of thinking and expressing. This...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Even if a vision is from God one should not readily accept it. After all God is moved in a sense when He sees His creature not accepting the...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“As much as possible one should do one or two things only, do them right and then with a clear mind and a rested body start working on the...