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The seal of virtue
Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov
29 August 2019
If wax isn’t first warmed and softened, it won’t be receptive to a seal that’s placed upon it.
In the same way, if the soul isn’t tested with labors and illnesses, it won’t be able to accept the se... 
How the true faith has come down to us
Saint Silouan the Athonite
28 August 2019
The soul of all peoples always felt that God exists, even though they didn’t know enough to worship the true God.
The Holy Spirit, however, taught the Prophets first, then the Apostles, after them th...
On avarice
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
27 August 2019
Avarice makes many people act unjustly through the hope of obtaining money and is the root cause of many evils.
It’s a passion of the soul, which causes a thirst for gold and the more gold is garne...
Hundredfold return
Saint - Saint John the Merciful
26 August 2019
Whatever’s given for God is returned by Him a hundredfold.
This is why I decided to devote myself to the service of the poor.
» Saint John the Merciful...
Children and the state of the parents
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
25 August 2019
Children’s behaviour is directly linked to the state of the parents.
When children are hurt by the way their parents behave towards each other, they lose the strength and will to make progress.
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East is East and West is West?
James W. Lillie
25 August 2019
ALMIGHTY, all-merciful Queen,
to whom all this world flees for succour,
to have release from sin, sorrow and trouble,
glorious Virgin, flower of all flowers,
to you I flee, confounded in error!
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Anger never heals
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
24 August 2019
Pupil who are (spiritually) sick can only be restored through love, never with anger and attitude.
»Blessed Joseph the Hesychast...
Masons who build their houses safely
Saint Abba Dorotheos
23 August 2019
Certainly you don’t have the potential to salve the body of your neighbor, but you can salve their soul. And what greater loving-kindness is there than that which is offered to the soul?
Because, jus...
