Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Prayer, my child much prayer! God can either lift your cross our give you strength to carry it to the end. And don’t forget the impasse of men is...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Do you see how body and soul participate in the worship of God? Mind and heart are with Christ in the body to is with Christ. Make the prostrations...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“People today have many distractions because they do not live simple lives. They opened too many fronts and are overwhelmed with worries. I only try to take care of...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“In order to justify his slothfulness, the slothful man emphasizes the difficulties and obstacles of a certain task and magnifies them beyond measure. If a man annoys him, he...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Our most important task, perhaps, is the Christian enlightenment of ourselves and others. We must go deeper into our faith—not by studying the canons of Ecumenical Councils or the...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“God cares for us. He sees our needs, our desires, and when something is to our benefit, He gives it to us. If a person needs help with something,...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“The heart is poisoned and darkened I pleasure and sensuality. Then since it is darkened it does the works of darkness grieving the Holy Spirit whom it had received...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“If they sought the glory which is of God they would believe God’s Gospel I would not be turning left and right. But they seek glory and praise of...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“The spiritual man, the man who has the Spirit of God is attentive where ever he passes by; he is all eyes, all since of smell. All his senses...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“There is heroism above heroism and asceticism above asceticism. St. Epiphanius of Cyprus invited Hilarion the Great to dinner and, in order to show the greatest hospitality to his...