Wisdom from the Fathers

Just as the Fishermen Hide the Hook in the Bait 

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-St. Isidore of Pelusium (Letter to Timothy the Reader, PG, 78:252)

They do not want to examine things and are carried away by phantoms to which the delusion of a depraved heart willingly imparts some probability – St. Theophan the Recluse

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Christ is risen!

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Our joyful greeting for the 40 days of Pascha! And a St. Theophan the Recluse quote!

Keep Only These Two Things – St. Kosmas the Aetolian

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Kindling a Confession of Faith

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St. Theodore the Studite

Concerning Satiation by St. Basil the Great

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The Church is a Dye Shop – St. John Chrysostom

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Do not give in, endure, go forward courageously, saying to yourself: I will not give in even unto death, and I will go bravely wherever the Lord calls me, with the spirit of repentance which now acts in me.

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Reveal Your Shame for it to be Washed

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January 28th Orthodox Calendar- Feast of St. Isaac the Syrian

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