ELDER PAISIOS ON GREAT LENT
“You should think of the Passion, the sacrifice of Christ. We monks must continuously live the Passion of Christ, and we are helped in this daily through the various...
WISDOM FROM MODERN ORTHODOX ELDERS
“There is no respect left. Just look at what is happening now. When parents get old they throw them away in old age homes. In the old days they...
WISDOM FROM MODERN ORTHODOX ELDERS
“The reconciliation of people is one thing, while the reconciliation of religions is another. Christianity requires all of us to love everyone with all our hearts, whatever faith they...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“In order to be cleansed even from the least traces of their passions and to gain a greater crown in heaven. Furthermore since He allowed His beloved Son to...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Be careful my child not to let time pass fruitlessly and without improvement in your soul for death comes like a thief. Woe to us if it finds us...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Where is your humility when you feel and say that everyone wrongs you and that only you are good? Humility is when the other person is at fault for...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“I became another, a new person. I turned everything I saw into prayer. I preferred it to myself. Why does the bird sing and glorify its maker? I wanted...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“I once met a theologian who was extremely pious, but who had the habit of speaking to the (secular) people around him in a very blunt manner; his method...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“The most important thing in the spiritual life is to strive to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit. It changes our lives (above all inwardly, not outwardly). We...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“It is essential to read the Gospel, that incomparable book. Then our life will be built up on the basis of the Word of God. And we will begin...