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Orthodox Christian. Quotes and Iconography.
You become upset quickly and malice against everyone boils in your soul. This is from self-love & vainglory. Show humility. - St Joseph of Optina Monastery
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You become upset quickly and malice against everyone boils in your soul. This is from self-love & vainglory. Show humility. - St Joseph of Optina Monastery
"Paradise is the love of God. Wherefore, the man who lives in love reaps life from God, and while yet in this world, he even now breathes the air of the resurrection." - St Isaac the Syrian
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"Paradise is the love of God. Wherefore, the man who lives in love reaps life from God, and while yet in this world, he even now breathes the air of the resurrection." - St Isaac the Syrian
It would be improper for a man to think that sinners in Gehenna are deprived of the love of God.
Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all.
Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret. - St Isaac the Syrian
Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all.
Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret. - St Isaac the Syrian
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It would be improper for a man to think that sinners in Gehenna are deprived of the love of God.
Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all.
Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret. - St Isaac the Syrian
Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all.
Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret. - St Isaac the Syrian
“Prayer is food for the soul. Do not starve the soul, it is better to let the body go hungry. Do not judge anyone, forgive everyone. Consider yourself worse than everyone in the world and you will be saved. As much as possible, be more quiet.” - St. Joseph of Optina
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“Prayer is food for the soul. Do not starve the soul, it is better to let the body go hungry. Do not judge anyone, forgive everyone. Consider yourself worse than everyone in the world and you will be saved. As much as possible, be more quiet.” - St. Joseph of Optina
Orthodoxy is never the easy path. It is also not the path of the arrogant or those who look to make others submissive. Humility is the hardest challenge. Crumbling your arrogance and ego to dust is required. Without that, you will learn nothing.
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Orthodoxy is never the easy path. It is also not the path of the arrogant or those who look to make others submissive. Humility is the hardest challenge. Crumbling your arrogance and ego to dust is required. Without that, you will learn nothing.
Place there is none; we go backward and forward, and there is no place. - St Augustine
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Place there is none; we go backward and forward, and there is no place. - St Augustine
“It is better that scandals arise than the truth be suppressed.” - St. Gregory the Great
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“It is better that scandals arise than the truth be suppressed.” - St. Gregory the Great
'The love of God is shed forth in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, Who is given to us.' And since captive breasts certainly could not receive Him, the lord Jesus first led captivity captive, that our affections being set free, He might pour forth the gift of divine grace. - St. Ambrose of Milan
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
'The love of God is shed forth in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, Who is given to us.' And since captive breasts certainly could not receive Him, the lord Jesus first led captivity captive, that our affections being set free, He might pour forth the gift of divine grace. - St. Ambrose of Milan
The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself. - St. Thalassios
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself. - St. Thalassios
Pray firstly to be purified of passions, secondly to be freed from ignorance and forgetfulness, and thirdly to be delivered from all temptation and forsaking. - St Nilus of Mt Sinai,
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Pray firstly to be purified of passions, secondly to be freed from ignorance and forgetfulness, and thirdly to be delivered from all temptation and forsaking. - St Nilus of Mt Sinai,
(Acts 8:35) 'Philip opened his mouth..." and so forth. Philip means 'the mouth of a lamp,' and there is a beautiful meaning in 'the mouth of a lamp' opening his mouh as he brought the obscurities of prophecy into the light of knowledge. - The Venerable Bede
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
(Acts 8:35) 'Philip opened his mouth..." and so forth. Philip means 'the mouth of a lamp,' and there is a beautiful meaning in 'the mouth of a lamp' opening his mouh as he brought the obscurities of prophecy into the light of knowledge. - The Venerable Bede
The unholy are like the everlasting, but they are not everlasting, because they cannot receive eternity from one who is not eternal. nor can one who does not possess the light give light, but he transforms himself into an angel of light to deceive the unbelieving (cf. 2Cor. 11:14)
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The unholy are like the everlasting, but they are not everlasting, because they cannot receive eternity from one who is not eternal. nor can one who does not possess the light give light, but he transforms himself into an angel of light to deceive the unbelieving (cf. 2Cor. 11:14)
"The mind ascends to god not through the accumulation of knowledge, but through the letting go of all that it knows." - St. Gregory of Nyssa
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The mind ascends to god not through the accumulation of knowledge, but through the letting go of all that it knows." - St. Gregory of Nyssa
"Repentance opens the gates of heaven for us." - St John Chrysostom
October 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Repentance opens the gates of heaven for us." - St John Chrysostom
Prayer is grace. God gives it when there exists zeal and humility… Let Christ not be missing from your heart.
Elder Amphilochios of Patmos
Elder Amphilochios of Patmos
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Prayer is grace. God gives it when there exists zeal and humility… Let Christ not be missing from your heart.
Elder Amphilochios of Patmos
Elder Amphilochios of Patmos