A collection of scriptural meditations from Saints and Fathers of the Church.

Reading the scriptures is a great safeguard against sin.

Just as desire and rage multiply our sins, so self-control and humility erase them.

Control your stomach, sleep, anger, and tongue, and you will not 'dash your foot against a stone.'

When you pray fervently, watch, for there will be temptations. This happens to everyone.

Batiushka said regarding condemnation and criticism of other’s faults and sins: 'You need to pay such close attention to your own internal life, that you not focus on what is happening around you. Then you will not condemn.'

Spiritual reading and prayer purify the intellect, while love and self-control purify the soul's passionate aspect.

The study of divine principles teaches knowledge of God to the person who lives in truth, longing and reverence.

The time is coming when people will be insane, and when they see someone who is not insane, they will attack him saying 'You are insane because you are not like us.'

The adversary will sit in the temple of Jerusalem, in order to show himself as Christ, he will demand that those who are captivated by him should worship him as Christ. The Antichrist will demand worship as if he were God.

A true monk does no reproach and does not praise.

A wise man is one who pays attention to himself and is quick to separate himself from all defilement.

Whoever reproaches us gives us a gift, but whoever praises us, steals from us.

Virtue can only be attained by unremitting effort.

It is a sin to spend time idly.

Ignorance of the scriptures is a precipice and a deep abyss.

Keep the commandments, and you will find peace; love God, and you will attain spiritual knowledge.

According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.

Never prefer gain for yourself over that which is beneficial for your brother.

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