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 […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
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 […]
Holy sayings
Receiving from God When someone receives inside something from God, then the heart feels happy. When on the contrary receives something from the enemy, then the heart feels confused and […]
Spiritual life. Sayings of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
“What gas is to a machine, so is the heart to the spiritual life. Whenever man does something from the heart, he’s not exhausted by it. For this reason, […]
Holy sayings
We also need the rains Every man should willingly cultivate the field of his heart but also needs the rains of the Grace. St. Makarios of Egypt […]
Holy sayings
What should we ask from humans? Anything that can be done by humans, we should not ask it from God. We should humble ourselves to these humans and […]