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“[The powers of darkness] are not fought with sweets and Turkish Delight…”
[The powers of darkness] are not fought with sweets and Turkish Delight, but with conduits of tears, with pain of the soul until death, with extreme humility and great patience, with unceasing painful prayer. – Elder Joseph the Hesychast (1898-1959)
Where Can We Be Saved?
Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “We are not sanctified by the place in which we live, but by the way we live. We may be on the Holy Mountain but, in our thoughts, be in the world. Or we may be here [in the world] in body, but noetically on the Holy Mountain. If someone is a…
“Unfortunately, in our days, there are many people who upset the mother Church…”
Unfortunately, in our days, there are many people who upset the mother Church. Of these, those that are educated have understood dogma with their minds and not with the spirit of the Holy Fathers. At the same time, those who are unlettered have grabbed hold of dogma with their teeth, which is why they grind…
“Do you know what a great gift it is that God gave us the right to speak to Him every hour and moment, wherever we are?”
Do you know what a great gift it is that God gave us the right to speak to Him every hour and moment, wherever we are? He always listens to us. This is the greatest honor we have. For this reason we must love God. – Elder Porphyrios (1906-1991)
“The monk flees far from the world, not because he detests the world, but because he loves the world…”
The monk flees far from the world, not because he detests the world, but because he loves the world and in this way he is better able to help the world through his prayer, in things that don’t happen humanly but only through divine intervention. In this way God saves the world. – Elder Paisios…