Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“There is nothing higher than what is called repentance and confession. The sacrament is the offering of God’s love to mankind. In this perfect way a person is free...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Prayer is not divided dogmatically into types and methods but, according to our Fathers, every type and method of prayer is beneficial, as long as it is not of...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“When a person disobeys a commandment of God only that person is responsible to Him. But when something which goes against the Commandments of the Gospel is made into...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“True humility doesn’t speak and doesn’t make a show of humility. It doesn’t say for example, “I am a sinner and unworthy and the very least of men…” The...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“The Lord Jesus, born in Bethlehem, was first worshiped by shepherds and wise men (astrologers) from the east— the simplest and the wisest of this world. Even today, those...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Our times, above all, call for humble and quiet labors, with love and sympathy for other strugglers on the path of the Orthodox spiritual life and a deep resolve...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“About those Christians who are outside the Orthodox Church, therefore, I would say: they do not yet have the full truth—perhaps it just hasn’t been revealed to them yet,...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders…
“Do you have a notebook for taking down quotes from Holy Fathers in your reading? Do you always have a book of Holy Fathers that you are reading and...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders…
“… Working animals were taken care of when they grew old and were no longer able to work; they even had a good old age. Back then people didn’t...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders…
“A Christian does not “live in the clouds” as the saying goes. He understands reality and experiences it. What he reads in the Gospel and in the Fathers he...