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To every person who repents is given a unique gift of the Holy Spirit. This holds him united with the wondrous Body of Christ and makes hi...

A disciple once asked an elder: – Elder, is true humility to see yourself worse than everyone else? – No, replied the elder. True hu...

A disciple asked an elder, “Elder, why are you happy all day long?” The elder replied, “Because all night long I weep for my sins befo...

When the athletes of spirituality ascend to heaven, all the heavenly powers gather from everywhere to bear careful witness to their past s...

There is nothing more burdensome and grievous then when our conscience accuses us , and there is nothing dearer than calmness and approv...

First of all, for the one who is stuck in his own reasoning, it is impossible with human means to prove to him the existence of God, becau...

And now, finally, after all that we have said, there remain these three that bind and secure the union of all, faith, hope, love; and the ...

God often isolates those whom He chooses, so that we have nowhere to turn except to Him, then He reveals Himself to us. Based on Hiero...

The Church is a hospital for sinners who are fighting to become saints. That’s why I think thatthere is no labor greater than that of pr...

If your photos aren’t good enough then you aren’t close enough. This applies as well with regards to God: if your image of God isn’t goo...

At the edge of your heart the Lord is standing with a tall candle that burns without smoking or melting. The Lord is standing and waitin...

We can see the limits to all human “perfections” but God’s commandments are beyond that because God’s commandments are existential in natu...

When you’ve done everything you can do, that’s when God will step in and do what you can’t do. Two monks fighting to put chains agains...

Perhaps you see yourself as a religious person. But if your tongue is out of control, you are fooling yourself. Your careless talk makes...

Self-love brings sorrow and is healed by silence. That’s why your first love should not have been yourself. Based on Archbishop Seraph...

Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free. However...

A spiritual father, like a signpost, merely indicates the way; but you yourself must follow the path. Based on St. Nikon of Optina ...

One of the most important things God has taught me is that I don’t need to understand. I don’t need to have all the answers. I need only t...

A disciple asked an elder, “Elder, why are you happy all day long?” The elder replied, “Because all night long I weep for my sins befo...

But there are those who say that this phrase [That the glory of God should be made manifest] isn’t causative, but expresses the consequenc...