“…if man is created according to the image and likeness of God, then it’s to Him alone that man should strive. The basis of this striving for God must be humility before God, unlimited devotion to Him as Creator and Almighty, and boundless love for Him as the infinite Good. Without these qualities, the pursuit of God is pride—the greatest sin—because in this case it represents a seizure of the Divine without God’s will, and a self-willed—and therefore—criminal likening of oneself to God …”
(Schema-Archimandrite Kyrik+ of Mt. Athos, teachings)

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