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St. Hilarion of Optina
In the pure writings of the Holy Fathers, we see that he who desires to cleanse his heart of the passions must call on the Lord for help—this is so. We cannot say the Jesus Prayer without our thoughts being plundered. With beginners, God does not demand undistracted prayer: it is acquired with much time and labor. As the writings of the Holy Fathers say: "God gives prayer to him who prays,” thus we must nevertheless continue to pray, orally, and with the mind.
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Olga Rozhneva
St. Hilarion was a skilled spiritual physician. He taught people who were suffering to go over their whole previous life from the age of seven, to recall forgotten unrepented sins, in which were often hidden the reason for a spiritual illness.
Irina Dmitrieva
Scary-looking and furry, it simply paralyzed me with its gaze, so I couldn’t move from fear. On top of that, my throat was dry with fear.
St. Seraphim (Chichagov)
The most perfect and greatest thing a man can desire and achieve is drawing near to God and abiding in solitude with Him.
Archpriest Maxim Kozlov
Let us dwell on this sentence: Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me (Luke 8:34).
