Wisdom from the Fathers

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“Whoever calls himself ‘universal bishop’, or desires this title, is by his pride the precursor to the antichrist.” – St. Gregory the Great

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“How many pains have you ever taken that you might find one of the Saints who was willing to be your importunate intercessor to the Lord?” St. Basil the Great

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A PRAYER OF DAILY CONFESSION FOR A PERSON ENTERING ON THE WAY OF SALVATION From the writing of Saint Dimitry, Metropolitan of Rostov.

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“Be crucified, but do not crucify others.” -St. Isaac the Syrian

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“The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men” – St. Isaac the Syrian

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SERMON ON THE NATIVITY OF THE VIRGIN MARY -St. Andrew, Archbishop of Crete

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“Dispassion doesn’t mean to no longer feel the passions, but to no longer accept them.” -St. Isaac the Syrian

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“Even if very few remain in Orthodoxy and piety, these ones ARE the Church and the validity and the protection of the ecclesiastical ordinances abides in them.” St. Nicephorus of Constantinople the Confessor

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“An Evil Faith and a False Church, is Arising” – St. Theophan the Recluse

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“There is love like a small lamp, which goes out when the oil is consumed; or like a stream which dries up when it doesn’t rain. But there is a love that is like a mighty spring gushing up out of the earth; it keeps flowing forever, and is inexhaustible.” – St. Isaac the Syrian

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