Loving Enemies Means Having No Enemies
In the teaching of St. Silouan and Elder Sophrony, people are not classified as enemies and friends, bad and good, but people who have
“Let yourself be persecuted but do not persecute others; be crucified but do not crucify others; be insulted but do not insult others; be
Amma Dionysia gave alms to a beggar, but less than he wanted. The beggar began to speak harshly to her, and Dionysia took offense,
The world is drenched with mutual bloodshed. When individuals slay a man, it is a crime. When killing takes place on behalf of the
You have many things to ponder. Ponder paradise, where Cain, who destroyed his brother through jealousy, does not return. Ponder the kingdom of heaven
“Nothing is so characteristically Christian as being a peacemaker.”– St Basil the Great, Letter 114
More permissable to be killed than to kill.
“We started yesterday and already we have filled the world and everything that belongs to you — the cities, apartment houses, fortresses,
“Above all things: forget not the poor, but support them to the extent of your means. Give to the orphan, protect the widow, and
“If we live as people of God, there will be room for all nations in the Balkans and in the world. If we liken