September 6, 2018 496 2 15 Quotes of Spiritual Guidance by Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk 1. You mustn’t live idly. Instead, do the labour blessed by God. Idleness is the cause of all evil. He who lives in idleness,…
August 24, 2018 269 0 Elder Paisios on Children, Their Joys and Difficulties Q: I’ve noticed, Elder, that sometimes babies smile at the time of Divine Liturgy. A: They don’t do that only at the Divine Liturgy….
August 20, 2018 1306 0 15 Quotations of Spiritual Guidance by St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite 1. God is the perfect good that we must love; sin is the utter evil that we must abhor and disdain. God is the…
August 16, 2018 106 0 How Should We React to the Sins of Others? A list compiled by Ugandan seminarian Kiberu George. Love sinners, but hate their deeds, and do not disdain sinners for their failings, so…
August 7, 2018 211 1 St. Seraphim of Sarov: Why Did Even that Holy Man Need Asceticism? Saint Seraphim of Sarov is one of the pillars of the Orthodox faith in the Russian lands. Most Orthodox believers know his biography. We…
August 5, 2018 277 0 St. Nikolai Velimirovich on How God Whitens the One Who Repents Though your sins be like scarlet, they may be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool…
July 30, 2018 1432 0 26 Quotes of the Holy Fathers about Anger 1. Do not let the sun go down on the anger of your brother (Eph. 4:26); that is, let no one be angry and…
July 29, 2018 768 0 Saint Porphyrios on What We Should Do when We Face Injustice One should feel sorry for the person wounded by a criminal The author had asked the Elder about some apparent injustice he had…
July 23, 2018 122 0 Athonite Elder: “My Child, Be Careful with Dreaming!” Avoid sinful thoughts, cut off your dreaming and every image that may be embarrassing, because the “omniscient” satan is trying to take you away…
July 19, 2018 359 0 10 Quotes of Guidance from St. Ambrose of Optina 1. Life will become peaceful and successful only when we will stop being forgetful and stop forgetting God, our Creator and Savior and the…