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Quotes

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

Strive to love every man equally, and you will simultaneously expel all the passions.

I thank Thee, O Keeper of faithful souls, that Thou hast shown us with Thine Own life an example of endurance in bearing all kinds of crosses. Give me the strength to follow the path of patience and humility in Thy footsteps, Christ my Lord. No matter what sorrow I will come across on this journey, I firmly trust that with Thy help, O Lord, I will overcome all obstacles. I understand now that no one can be freed from sorrows by avoiding them, but rather one should take care to endure them so as to conquer them...

Paschal joy is a foretaste of eternal joy in the approaching kingdom of Christ.

Concern for one's soul means hardship and humility, for through these God forgives us all our sins.

The soul's health consists in dispassion and spiritual knowledge; no slave to sensual pleasure can attain it.

Worldly virtues promote human glory, spiritual virtues the glory of God.

The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself.

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

Everything must be directed towards acquiring the Kingdom of God and fulfilling Christ's Gospel. True Christianity does not consist in intellectual abstract deliberations and teachings; rather, it is incarnate in life itself. Christ descended to earth not to instruct people in new forms of knowledge, but to call them to a new life. During our earthly life we prepare ourselves for eternity.

Great Lent - all of its services are united by the idea of preparing for Holy Pascha, to meet the Risen Christ with a clean heart.

Let us look after those who precede us into the other world, and do for them all that we can, remembering that Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Paschal joy is a foretaste of eternal joy in the approaching kingdom of Christ.

The Cross of the Lord was the instrument by which He saved the world after the fall into sin. Through the Cross, He descended with His soul into hell so as to raise up from it the souls who were awaiting Him. By the Cross, Christ opened the doors of paradise which had been closed after our first ancestors had been banished from it. The Cross was sanctified by the Body of Christ which was nailed to it when He gave Himself over to torments and death for the salvation of the world, and it itself was then filled with life-giving power. By the Cross on Golgotha, the prince of this world was cast out (John 12:31) and an end was put to his authority. The weapon by which he was crushed became the sign of Christ's victory.

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

Pray for the forgiveness of sins.

We are sons of God or of Satan according to whether we conform to goodness or to evil.

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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