YEARS ARE NOT NEEDED FOR TRUE REPENTANCE AND NOT DAYS BUT ONLY AN INSTANT. 5 years ago trueorthodox ST. AMBROSE OF OPTINA
“Whoever calls himself ‘universal bishop’, or desires this title, is by his pride the precursor to the antichrist.” – St. Gregory the Great 5 years ago trueorthodox
“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 5 years ago trueorthodox
“Tarasius the most holy Patriarch said: ‘Shall we not weep when we see an image of our crucified Lord?'” Second Council of Nicæa 5 years ago trueorthodox
“The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men” – St. Isaac the Syrian 5 years ago trueorthodox
“The cross is the door to mysteries. Through this door, the intellect makes entrance into the knowledge of heavenly mysteries. The knowledge of the cross is concealed in the sufferings of the cross. And the more our participation in its sufferings, the greater the perception we gain through the cross.” – St. Isaac the Syrian 5 years ago trueorthodox
“If anyone shall not confess the Holy Ever-Virgin Mary, truly and properly the Mother of God, to be higher than every creature whether visible or invisible and does not with sincere faith seek her intercessions as of one having confidence in her access to our God, since she bore him, let him be anathema. -Second Council of Nicæa” 5 years ago trueorthodox
“Dispassion doesn’t mean to no longer feel the passions, but to no longer accept them.” -St. Isaac the Syrian 5 years ago trueorthodox
