He Loves Mankind ☦️
04.03.202523:12
"O Lover of mankind Whose wish it is that all be saved, in Your goodness receive me as I return to You.
"See, see that I AM God!", hear this cry of our Lord, O my soul, and turn from your past sins. Fear Him as the righteous Lord, your Judge and your God."
+ Great Canon of St Andrew
"See, see that I AM God!", hear this cry of our Lord, O my soul, and turn from your past sins. Fear Him as the righteous Lord, your Judge and your God."
+ Great Canon of St Andrew
30.01.202522:50
"There is no profit in studying
doctrines unless the life of one’s
soul is acceptable and conforms
to God’s will. The cause of all
evils is delusion, self-deception
and ignorance of God."
+ St Anthony the Great
doctrines unless the life of one’s
soul is acceptable and conforms
to God’s will. The cause of all
evils is delusion, self-deception
and ignorance of God."
+ St Anthony the Great
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26.01.202520:13
“Keep doing good deeds so that you will be saved by your kindness. In the last days, the followers of the anti-Christ will keep going to Church, crossing themselves and preaching the Gospel. Do not believe anyone who has done no good deeds. You will only know a true Christian by their deeds.”
+ St Gabriel Urgebadze
+ St Gabriel Urgebadze
22.01.202502:48
"If you have faith in the Lord you will fear punishment, and this fear will lead you to control the passions. Once you control the passions you will accept affliction patiently, and through such acceptance you will acquire hope in God. Hope in God separates the intellect from every worldly attachment, and when the intellect is detached in this way it will acquire love for God."
+ St Maximos the Confessor
+ St Maximos the Confessor
18.01.202518:02
"As in Paradise, God walks in the Scripture, seeking man."
+ St Ambrose of Milan
+ St Ambrose of Milan
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11.01.202501:43
"How easily and speedily the Lord can save us! —instantaneously, unexpectedly, imperceptibly. Often during the day have been a great sinner, and at night, after prayer, I have gone to rest justified and whiter than snow by the grace of the Holy Ghost, with the deepest peace and joy in my heart!"
+ St John of Kronstadt
+ St John of Kronstadt
01.02.202523:24
"In truth, the Lord seeks neither virgins nor married women, and neither monks nor laymen, but values a person’s free intent, accepting it as the deed itself. He grants to everyone’s free will the grace of the Holy Spirit, which operates in an individual and directs the life of all who yearn to be saved."
+ St Macarius the Great of Egypt
+ St Macarius the Great of Egypt
29.01.202523:01
"No matter how much the waves of temptation rise up against your soul, always hasten to Christ. The Saviour will always come to your aid and will calm the waves. Believe that the Lord has providentially arranged such experiences for your soul’s healing and do not reject them, seeking bodily peace and imaginary tranquility, for it is better to be shaken and yet to endure. If you will gain an insight from this, it will greatly lighten your struggle and you will gain more peace than if you do not."
+ St Leo of Optina
+ St Leo of Optina
25.01.202515:30
21.01.202502:45
"The entire philosophy of knowledge is contained within the entire philosophy of Love. Only if man loves with a Christ-like Love is he a true philosopher, and only then does he know the mystery of life and of the world. Through Love God is God, as Through Love man is man."
+ St Justin (Popovich) of Chelije
+ St Justin (Popovich) of Chelije
17.01.202518:34
God has a Divine plan for each one of us, and we must submit to His plan. We must accept life as it is given to us, without asking, “Why me?” We must know that nothing on earth or in heaven ever happens without the will of God or His permission. We must not become too engrossed with our hardships but concentrate on preserving our inner peace.
Even when we are praying for something, we are trying to force our will instead of accepting God’s. All hardships and sorrows that God sends us are necessary for us, but we do not understand this when we are young. When we are older, then we understand that this is the way God shows His love for us.
+ Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
Even when we are praying for something, we are trying to force our will instead of accepting God’s. All hardships and sorrows that God sends us are necessary for us, but we do not understand this when we are young. When we are older, then we understand that this is the way God shows His love for us.
+ Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
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09.01.202517:45
"The kingdom of heaven is called spiritual contemplation, for this is what it is...It is not found through the activity of thought, but can be tasted by grace. Until a man cleanses himself he is in no state even to hear of the Kingdom..."
+ St Isaac the Syrian
+ St Isaac the Syrian
01.02.202500:13
"One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life. Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation to the purity of that on which he looks; and a person wishing to see a city or country goes to the place in order to do so. Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds. Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgment, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven."
+ St Athanasius the Great
+ St Athanasius the Great
23.01.202515:47
19.01.202523:40
"All of us are great sinners... If you will make an opportunity out of your sinfulness, there will be no misfortune. Just do not reverse your inner decisions, and do not fall into despair. No matter what the Lord sends, whether inwardly or outwardly, all is directed toward our cleansing and salvation. He Himself is close by and helps. He is close to you, too. Resurrect such hope and prayer while enduring."
+ St Theophan the Recluse
+ St Theophan the Recluse
15.01.202513:21
"Can one, seeing the sun with one's sensuous eyes, not rejoice? But how much more joyful it is when the mind sees with its inner eye the Sun of justice, Christ! Then in truth one rejoices with angelic joy; of this the Apostle too said: 'Our conversation is in heaven' (Phil. 3:20)."
+ St Seraphim of Sarov
+ St Seraphim of Sarov
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Rural Orthodoxy☦
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09.01.202512:29
May the grace of Christ abundantly poured out on the human race in these solemn days overshadow you. Let us rejoice in spirit and bring praise to God with the Angels for everything.
Let us hasten to the call of our Savior, before it is too late, and let us follow in His footsteps along the path of humility and obedience.
May the light of the Star of Bethlehem illuminate your souls and may peace and God's favor descend upon them.
May the Sun of Truth, the God-Child Christ, illuminate you with the light of His Nativity!
May He multiply joy and festive jubilation, may He heal illnesses and console sorrows, may He help you in the coming New Year to bring Him the gift of gold of love, the fragrance of faith and mercy.
May the mercy of our Savior never abandon us either in this life or in the next.
Archimandrite John (Krestyankin)
Let us hasten to the call of our Savior, before it is too late, and let us follow in His footsteps along the path of humility and obedience.
May the light of the Star of Bethlehem illuminate your souls and may peace and God's favor descend upon them.
May the Sun of Truth, the God-Child Christ, illuminate you with the light of His Nativity!
May He multiply joy and festive jubilation, may He heal illnesses and console sorrows, may He help you in the coming New Year to bring Him the gift of gold of love, the fragrance of faith and mercy.
May the mercy of our Savior never abandon us either in this life or in the next.
Archimandrite John (Krestyankin)
31.01.202506:56
"Let there always be a preponderance of mercy with you, even though you don’t feel such mercy in yourself, as God has for the world… A cruel and merciless heart is never purified. A merciful man is the doctor of his own soul, because as it were a by a strong wind from is heart he drives out the darkness of the passions."
+ St Isaac the Syrian
+ St Isaac the Syrian
Reposted from:Orthodox Christian Catacombs
OC
29.01.202510:02
There is nothing higher than what is called repentance and confession. The sacrament is the offering of God's love to mankind. In this perfect way a person is free of evil. We go and confess and we sense our reconciliation with God — Joy enters us and guilt departs. In the Orthodox Church there is no impasse.
☦️Saint Porphyrios
☦️Saint Porphyrios
22.01.202521:11
"There is no ‘formula’ for the truly God-pleasing life; anything outward can become counterfeit; everything depends on the state of the soul, which must be trembling before God, having the law of God before it in every area of life, every moment keeping what is God’s in honor, in the first place in life."
+ Blessed Seraphim of Platina
+ Blessed Seraphim of Platina
19.01.202511:39
When Thou, O Lord, wast baptized in the Jordan,/ the worship of the Trinity was made manifest;/ for, the voice of the Father bare witness unto Thee,/ calling Thee His beloved Son;/ and the Spirit in the form of a dove/ confirmed the certainty of His word./ O Christ our God, Who hast appeared and enlightened the world,// glory be to Thee!
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11.01.202513:55
"The world is perishing from a lack of love. Instead of love, wickedness and hatred reign...Only love is capable of resurrecting it. But where can we find such love if mans natural heart is darkened by passions and full of soulless egoism? Only the Gospel of Christ offers a love powerful enough to rejuvenate our perishing world."
+ Archbishop Averky of Syracuse
+ Archbishop Averky of Syracuse
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08.01.202515:47
"If a righteous man can barely be saved, then where will I end up, I who am lawless and sinful? If the path that leads to life is strait and narrow, then how can I be vouchsafed such good things, I who live a life of luxury, indulging in my own pleasures and dissipation? But Thou, O Lord, my Savior, Son of the true God, as Thou knowest and desirest, by Thy grace alone, freely turn me away from the sin that abides in me and save me from ruin."
+ St Ephraim the Syrian
+ St Ephraim the Syrian
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