Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Faith is the main engine of your souls, the main driving force of your word, the main light of your reason and the main inspiration of all your endeavors...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“How do you have the desire to eat? Just as you don’t neglect food no matter how tired you are all the more so – and even more so...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“You will not fix the Church or the world. Whereas you will be corrected, perfected and enlightened so as to enlighten those who are willing… Misfortune will bring many...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“By the presence of the Jesus Prayer man is not given over to temptation which he is expecting, because its presence is sober watchfulness and its essence is prayer;...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“They take a spiritual book, sit comfortably, and begin reading. “Oh, I profited from that,” they say. It would be better to say, “I enjoyed myself, I spent my...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Quite often, people begin with good intentions, but look where they may find themselves! This was the case with the “icon-worshippers” and the “iconoclasts” of the past: both cases...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
The necessity to “cleanse ourselves of all the filthiness of the flesh and spirit” is a basic desire of every true Christian, and this is given to us by...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“We should constantly and unceasingly repeat the Jesus prayer. Only the name of Christ must remain inside our heart and mind; when we neglect our prayer, that is our...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“…You do complain about the apostasy of some. At first they agreed to join you but eventually they return to their old way of life and old habits… So...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Reading is a type of prayer. Every day we used to read one or two chapters from the Holy Bible and then patristic books. As for St. Isaac the...