“Someone may be a virgin as far as the body is concerned, but be like an inveterate whore as far…
“A fat belly does not make for a refined mind.” – St. Gregory the Theologian (painting: Jacques de I’Ange, Gluttony)
“Truth cannot be found by the unaided powers of man.” – St. Seraphim Rose
“Don’t offer external forms to God. God demands that what we do for Him be done with all the soul…
I know, Savior, that none other has, as I have, sinned against You. nor done the deeds that I have…
Poemen said, ‘Whatever hardship comes upon you, it can be overcome by silence.’ -Sayings of the Desert Fathers
A hermit said, ‘He who is praised and honoured above what he deserves suffers grievous loss. He who receives no…
Some people once came to a hermit in the Thebaid to ask him to cure a demoniac whom they brought…
orthodoxgladness: Remember death and never sin. I am torn amidst a sea of change. The events of life that I…
“Become His slave, and in God you will find freedom.” – St. Porphyrios (painting: Supper at Emmaus, Michaelangelo)
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