I ask you to put this order into practice: as much as you can, try to cultivate your love toward Christ’s own person. You must reach the point that whenever you mention His name, tears run from your eyes. Your hearts must be truly ablaze. Then He will be your Teacher, your Guide, your Brother, your Father, your Elder….
– Elder Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos (1889-1970)
When people treat us unjustly, God justifies us. – Elder Epiphanios (Theodoropoulos) of Athens (1930-1989)
The path of life you follow, married or unmarried, is the will of God. For, many times people desire one thing, while the call of God is otherwise. The married state is good, as is the unmarried; the celibate state is better and higher, for the unmarried man is interested in how to please God,…
When man partakes of Holy Communion he receives power and is enlightened, his horizons widen and he feels joy. Each person experiences something different, analogous to his disposition and the flame of his soul. One person feels joy and rest, another peace, another a spirit of devotion and another an inexpressible sympathy towards all things….
You are unable to be saved alone, if all others are not also saved. It is a mistake for one to pray only for oneself, for one’s own salvation. We must pray for the entire world, so that not one is lost. – Elder Porphyrios (1906-1991)
“When we’re in the grace of the Holy Spirit our prayer becomes pure…”
