It is the light The continuous study of the Holy Scriptures is the light of our soul and it protect us from the passions. St. Isaak the Syrian […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
Holy sayings
Proper leadership When you are in charge, the one who doesn’t listen to you and obey you with your first word, don’t pressure and quarrel with him, and […]
Holy sayings
TEACHING Truly wise is not the one who teaches with words, but the one who teaches with his example. Abbas Iperehios THE TEACHER The true teacher is the […]
Guidance
You are asked to follow without hypocrisy. He would deceive his bishop who can see, would also disrespect the Lord who is invisible. I pray you work to fulfill […]
Circumcision of the Lord
People who were not just anybody but of great excellence in every respect, such as Holy Augustine of Hippo or Saint Basil and all the members of his family, […]
St. Hilarion of Optina. Holy sayings
The following teachings of St. Hilarion of Optina were taken from Living Without Hypocrisy: Spiritual Counsels of the Holy Elders of Optina, Holy Trinity Publications, 2005: Anger If […]
Holy sayings
This is where the king is To escape from a foreign land and find our true home, where we can connect directly with God, we need to enter […]
Holy sayings
Praying for someone in need It is better to pray with reverence for someone, than to provide advice and critique for every problem that this person may have. […]
Holy sayings
Help for injustice The one who receives unfairness and injustice from others, he is released from many sins and gets help from God analogous to his distress and sorrow. […]
Holy sayings
To be crushed God allows a prideful person who thinks that his power is secured forever, to be crushed and humbled. St. Nikolai (Velimirovich) of Ochrid and Zicha […]