Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
May God grant us all to try to justify people, pray for them and implore God, saying, in Thy Kingdom remember us, O Lord, when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom.”
Bishop Porfiry of Lida and Smorgon
If you long for God, then there can be no insurmountable obstacles on your path.
Fr. James Guirguis
We incarnate the life of Christ by dying to ourselves knowing that God sees our daily sacrifice and pours out grace upon us to multiply and bless our work.
St. Theophan the Recluse
Having departed into the desert, St. Mary distanced herself from the allurements of the world and thereby cut off all temptations from their side. But her flesh also was given no rest in the desert. And here are two powerful ways that she withstood and overcame sin: departing from the world and the exhaustion of the flesh.
New Martyr Priest Sergei Mechev
Thus, we should learn humility not from angels, not from men, not from the great books of the Gospel, but from Christ Himself, for He calls us to this.
This text can give hope even to those who think they are in desperate straits, and to those who do not believe that they are capable of worthily finishing the fast and greeting the Resurrection of Christ.
Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the eve of the Thursday of the Great Canon gave a word about the passion of lust.
Valentina Ulyanova
Traditions carefully preserved by the Church tell us about the power of the sacrament of confession and that God’s mercy really does instantly and entirely erase all the sins of those who repent sincerely…
Priest Alexei Taakh
Sin and passion are inextricably linked, but they should be considered separately.
Elder Dionisie (Ignat)
Why did the Holy Fathers say we should consider the people around us to be saints? So that you would become a saint.
Vladimir Shishkin
I will dedicate this day to charity in the material and spiritual sense, and I will serve whoever needs me with patience and hospitality.
Just go and try to fulfill a single commandment as you should. And it will slowly become obvious that, as you fulfill it, you observe other commandments as well!
St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Crimea
Remember, please remember: The greater your sorrows, the greater will be you consolation.
St. Gury (Karpov), Archbishop of Taurica
A truly wonderful combination of humility with obedience to the will of God, and, we might say, the sole example of such a degree of perfection we see in the Holy Virgin!
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
The greatest miracle is that the Church exists.
Bishop Irenei (Steenberg)
Above, I call upon each and all to stand firmly within our inheritance as the Church Abroad, which was founded in a time of agonising political strife and war, and has lived through such tragedies before.
One of the most significant and frequent references to the Holy Trinity is in the text of Revelation.
Priest Anthony Rusakevich
There are more or less several types of people interested in religion and spirituality, and our approach to them on matters of faith varies greatly.
How are we sick? We are sick because our souls are disordered.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
Why are these sicknesses and trials being sent to me? They are sent so that hope in God’s grace would come and abide in our hearts!