Wednesday, June 29, 2016

St. Moses the Black - on Silence

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+ A certain brother went to Abba Moses in Scete and asked him to speak a word. The elder said to him, "Go and sit ‎in your cell, and...

St. Moses the Black - Martyrdom

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His Martyrdom ‎ ‎+ On one occasion when the brethren were sitting with Abba Moses, he said to them, "Behold, this day has the ‎barb...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

St. John of Damaskos - good is good when rightly done

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For the good is not good if it is not rightly done. It is really good only if it is not done with the purpose of receiving some reward.......
Monday, June 13, 2016

St. Thalassios on pain, patience and purification

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Patiently endure the distressing and painful things that befall you, for through them God in His providence if purifying you. ...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

St. Maximos The Confessor ~ Philokalia II (Pleasure & Pain)

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The Lord revealed His wisdom by the way in which He healed man, becoming man without the slightest change or mutation. He demonstrated the...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

St. Maximos The Confessor - Philokalia II (Perfect Love)

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If you are not indifferent to both fame and dishonour, riches and poverty, pleasure and distress, you have not yet acquired perfect love....
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Quote by St. Mark The Ascetic on correcting others

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If someone does not obey you when you have told him once, do not argue and try to compel him; but take for yourself the profit which he ha...
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