“There is no short-cut to holiness; for every step we have to pay the full price.” – Alexander Schmemann, Great … More
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“It is not easy, indeed, to reject a petty ideal of life made up of daily cares, of search for … More
“Entering the Kingdom of Heaven means liberation from the objects of this world.” – Kyriacos Markides, The Mountain of Silence
Perfect Fear casts out all Love.
“Love traverses even the greatest distance.”
“The measure of our interior peace will be that of our abandonment, consequently of our detachment.” – Jacques Philippe, Searching … More
And the point came where I had to choose: God or myself?
“I must do what occurs to me relative to aiding others to improve themselves, peacefully and tenderly, and put everything … More
“For the saints, the Jesus Prayer was more important than their very breathing.” – Kyriacos Markides, The Mountain of Silence
“Saints will never call themselves saints.” – Kyriacos Markides, The Mountain of Silence
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