Most precious Virgin! Thou art the Gate, the Temple, the Palace, and the Throne of the King! [Triodion, Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee] … [Read more...]
"O pure one, Mother of the Word that appeareth newly from thee, O closed door, verily, as we behold the dark shadowy symbols pass away, we glorify the light of the truth and bless thy womb as is … [Read more...]
"It is shameful to be proud of the adornments that are not your own, but utter madness to fancy one deserves God's gifts. Be exalted only by such achievements as you had before your birth. But what you received after your birth, as also birth itself, God gave you. Only those virtues which you have obtained without the co-operation of the mind belong to you, because your mind was given to you by … [Read More...]
"There are three things I cannot take in: nondogmatic faith, nonecclesiological Christianity and nonascetic Christianity. These three - the church, dogma, and asceticism - constitute one single life for me." -- Elder Sophrony … [Read More...]
"He cannot have God for his Father who has no the Church for his mother." - St. Cyprian of Carthage … [Read More...]
"It is shameful to be proud of the adornments that are not your own, but utter madness to fancy one deserves God's gifts. Be exalted only by such achievements as you had before your birth. But what … [Read More...]
Hell in the Orthodox conception is a form of redemption, where even those who resist God freely (which, when the creature of time is swallowed up, becomes for eternity) will be burned continually by … [Read More...]