Hieromonk Seraphim (Panich)
This feast is the final and most significant milestone of Old Testament history—its culmination and, at the same time, the threshold and the gateway to the New Testament.
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
When we hear the Holy Scriptures, we hear the voice of the Word Himself, and through Him, the voice of the whole Trinity: for the Son speaks by the will of the Father and through the power of the Holy Spirit. In this sense, to hear the Word of God means to hear God Himself speaking to us personally.
Tatiana Kotova
We all make mistakes, and as long as we are alive, we have the right to repentance.
The sacrament of Baptism is not a magical rite of “protection.” It is entering into battle under the banner of Christ.
Fr. James Guirguis
The Fox snuck in to fool you. He hates you and everything that you are — as a faithful and vigilant rooster — and the next time he comes around here it won’t be to steal eggs, it will be to eat you!
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
The goal of the Christian life is neither victory in disputes nor proving ourselves right, but love, peace, and the salvation of souls.
St. Nikolai (Velimirovic)
There is nothing in this world more loathsome than ingratitude, nothing more offensive or more destructive to the soul.
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
Her whole life was an example for all of us Christians; and Her Dormition is also an example for us, so that our passing into eternal life might be peaceful and calm, as if falling asleep.
St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
Christians must fear sinning, lest they lose the grace of God.
Fr. Dn. Paul Siewers
To follow St. Laurence in witness, without tempting God but with a desire to bear witness without compromising our faith in our Lord, is not just sentimental idealism, but a form of spiritual warfare.
Priest Leonid Bartkov
When we justify our cohabitation as a “psychological test,” we are not just falling—we are trying to pass off our fall as a rise.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
For a Christian, wealth is not the purpose of life at all. If wealth comes into a Christian’s life, it is a trust, a calling to serve his neighbor.
Hieromonk Savatie (Bastovoi)
The end of the world will come not from the increase of sins, but from the inability to forgive.
Rev. Dr. Oliver Subotic
For Orthodoxy, the fundamental goal is the deification of man, his transformation in Christ, and not anything of this world.
Every passion that takes root in our hearts is a harbinger of war. The guarding of the senses, the guarding of the mind, and of judgment expressed aloud, should keep us from this all-encompassing war.
Archimandrite Sofian (Boghiu)
This is precisely what today’s feast calls each of us to do: to undergo an inward transformation, to be purified and enlightened, and to bring our lives into harmony with the holy will of God, who always desires what is good and blessed for us and for all mankind.
Hieromonk Philofei (Makharramov)
Here is the ideal that Christ left us: meekness, the spirit of humility, the spirit of love, and the spirit of self-sacrifice—this is always associated with self-emptying; we will always have to humble ourselves.
Outward domination of one person over another is fundamentally incompatible with the preaching of the Cross.
The Lord says in effect, “I have forgiven and will continue to forgive you, but you must also forgive others continually.”
Hieromonk Agafangel (Davlatov)
These Seven Holy Youths fell into a deep and sound sleep; they did not die, but rather fell asleep, and they told this story themselves almost two centuries after they were sealed in this cave.
