Fr. Ted Bobosh
It seems to me that the reality of Orthodox history is the Eastern Fathers became ever more focused on the spiritual and ever less concerned about the empirical world.
Andrei Solodkov
Test not the judgments of God, for He works them justly and as He knows, while you consider them to be unjust. You should also know that many other things are done in the world according to the will of God for reasons that people don’t know.
Sergei Komarov
From ancient times, these passages have been understood as prophecies of the Messiah. The Israelite people will “pierce” their Messiah, but on the Day of the Lord, the Anointed One will appear as Judge, and those who pierced Him will “mourn.”
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
Everyone should have a proper understanding of confession and of what a correct spiritual father is.
As soon as he pronounced this exclamation, at that very moment, by the grace of God, he was vouchsafed to see in the spirit how the roof of the church was opened and how the words he uttered reached unto the ages of ages.