Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Man’s first enemy is the devil, the second is sin, and the third is death. The Lord Jesus conquered all three of these enemies of the human race. By...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Looking at Orthodoxy, at its present state and its prospects in the period before us, we may see two opposed aspects. First of all, there is the spirit of...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“My child be careful with this world which is like a theater. For poor and ignoble people on the stage in the theater wear the clothes of Kings, tycoons,...
WISDOM FROM MODERN ORTHODOX ELDERS
“The bell for rising was rung at 5 Each did his prayer rule and penance until 7 in his cell. Between 7 and 10 we all...
WISDOM FROM MODERN ORTHODOX ELDERS
“Now you see that grace has come again… Now it has come but again it will leave in order to send you from the passions. This will happen until...
WISDOM FROM MODERN ORTHODOX ELDERS
“Everywhere today the disease of disbelief has entered deeply into the minds, and most of all the hearts, of men. Our Orthodoxy, even when it is outwardly still correct,...
WISDOM FROM MODERN ORTHODOX ELDERS
“Have you not heard that paradise is open again? Not paradise on earth but in heaven, not in time but in eternity… If you have heard this but you...
WISDOM FROM MODERN ORTHODOX ELDERS
“Force yourselves in your spiritual duties for forcefulness in spiritual things is like a solid wall that does not let the River run into the garden and destroy what...
WISDOM FROM MODERN ORTHODOX ELDERS
“… The more people knock the just and honest person down the more the good God lifts him up like a cork. But it takes a lot of patience....
WISDOM FROM MODERN ORTHODOX ELDERS
“I tried to give myself over entirely to the love and worship of God. I have consciousness of my sinfulness but I live with hope. It is bad to...