Priest Dimitry Vydumkin
Christ's parable of the sower, prophetically proclaiming that the seed of the word of God will remain largely fruitless among mankind, above all sounds a warning to us Christians.
Viktor Luzhkov
The history of humanity holds many examples of how people found a way out of the deepest spiritual crises. And each time, that way out lay through acknowledging their pain, through an honest conversation with themselves and with God.
Publicly defending a stance is one thing; the soul is another. Every human soul seeks God, because it was created by God, and because without Him it is incomplete and suffers.
We do not converse with him to prove we are right, but so that he, too, may find happiness and come to salvation.
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
Everyone worships someone or something. Some worship themselves, with their passions and egotism. Others worship their knowledge, their mind. But we’re called to worship the true living God, Christ, our Savior.
Fr. James Guirguis
The 7th ecumenical council tells us that icons are not only good, but absolutely necessary. They are a continual reminder that God is no longer understood as simply an invisible spirit.
Priest Joseph Coleman
Mercy is not weakness, nor does compassion require the abandonment of conviction.
St. Innocent of Penza
The saint received his surname at the Pererva Theological Seminary for his humble and meek disposition. He was renowned among his contemporaries for his Christian virtues and purity of life.
Priest Anthony Rusakevich
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, who reflected on spiritual fatherhood over the course of many decades, offers a profound and sober understanding of the subject, grounded in the experience of the Holy Fathers and his own pastoral ministry.
Alexei Tereshchenko
Remarkably, his principal accusation is directed not against those who consciously oppose God, but against those whose faith in Him is merely superficial. Zephaniah conveys these terrifying words of the Lord:
Putting off living is not just a psychological problem. It’s a spiritual problem. And this habit has a precise name in ascetic literature: sloth.
Igumen Andronik (Trubachev)
Why does Christ exalt mercy so highly? Because in nothing else, dear brothers and sisters, can we become so like God as in mercy.
Priest Leonid Bartkov
This is a story about a man who lived with a carpet on his wall for years, never suspecting there was a door hidden behind it. And one day he finally decided to pull that carpet aside.
Fr. Stephen Freeman
Nothing is more traumatic than the onset of chaos. Predictability breaks down, goodness seems to disappear, and the madness of sheer survival takes over.
St. Innocent of Kherson
The first thing we should focus our attention on here is the very appearance of the Mother of God with the angels and saints.
Hieromonk Nikon
We, great sinners, have no other Intercessor more powerful than the Most Holy Theotokos.
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
When the pressure has disappeared, yet the person continues to support what was created through coercion and silently approves of those who persecute people who disagree with the newly established order, he is no longer a victim of circumstances but a willing accomplice.
Priest Paul Siewers
Elder Maciarius’ emphasis on the humility of wisdom runs against the grain of our modern ethos of using knowledge for self-assertion, comfort, and worldly power, the fruits of which may be seen in AI.
The healing and the wellness and the good that we seek isn’t found in acquiring things but in mending the severed bond with our Creator.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
St. Tikhon bore his cross with dignity, just as St. John the Evangelist, who although the youngest, proved to be a faithful disciple of Christ, and was granted great spiritual gifts.
