Cristian Curte
He received anyone who knocked on the door of his cell—always, at any time. He would hear confessions without stopping, for several days in a row, day and night. No one knew when he slept or ate.
Ketevan Bekauri
For a very long time—almost half an hour—he enumerated the most delicious meat dishes. Meanwhile, his words whetted my appetite.
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko) of Zaporozhye and Melitopol
I ask everyone not to dance to someone’s pipe, not to be pharisees, to not give our enemies yet another excuse to mock our Mother-Church.
Priest Alexei Taakh
The “head of the family” isn’t simply a fine phrase. A family in Orthodoxy is often called a small church. Also, in the Sacrament of Matrimony, the husband and future father becomes the rector of this small church.
Matthew Hartley
A Christian presence of any sort is greatly in the minority throughout the Arabian Peninsula.