Struggle with all your power to gain Paradise. And do not listen to those who say that everyone will be saved. This is a trap of Satan so that we won't struggle.

Cannabis is the incense of the Devil!

A parent's blessing is the greatest inheritance children can receive, especially a mother's blessing. It is a great thing. A man once came to me, weeping in my cell. "Father, my mother has cursed me. My family has been struck with great misfortune. Sickness, nothing is going right, everything around me is falling apart." I said to him, "Your mother would not have cursed you for no reason. Surely something isn't as it should be." He reflected and admitted, "Yes, there is something to that." I told him again, "Go and ask your mother for forgiveness." He said, "I will, Father. Give me your blessing to do so." I replied, "You have my blessing, but you also need your mother's blessing." He hesitated. "It's unlikely she'll give it to me, Father." I said to him again, "Just go, and if she doesn't give it to you, tell her this: an elder told me to remind you that you too will one day give your soul to God." He went, and in the end, his mother did bless him. She said, "My child, let the blessing of Abraham be upon you." It wasn't long after that he returned to Mount Aos, bringing many gifts and dancing with joy. He kept repeating, "Glory to you, oh God!" He wept. From the moment he visited his mother, his entire life changed. That blessing was so powerful that all his problems disappeared. His children were healed, he found peace, and everything that was failing began to thrive

Pray for those who persecute you

If anyone laughs at your faith, pray for him. There will be no laughing matter on the day of the judgment

Let us then not grieve when we lose our wealth, but rather when we do evil; not when we die, but when we sin. For that death is not death, but life; and this life, if it be spent in wickedness, is death.

If you are not being tempted, you are already in the hands of the devil

One who sins frequently, planning to eventually repent, is often cut down by death, depriving him of the time he was counting on to do good deeds

True manliness is found in being a protector and provider, both materially and spiritually, for those entrusted to you

"O Lord, give us peace!" When a man lives in peace, God reveals mysteries to him

Finally, brethren, keep on rejoicing, keep on being perfected, being comforted, being of the same mind, being at peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you

Beware of the heretics. They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in His goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes

The devil does not destroy a man with one blow, but he whispers,'Tomorrow, tomorrow.' And so the heart is lulled to sleep and the soul forgets eternity. But the wise man says, 'Today is the day of salvation.' and he rises to repent while there is still time

The mind of the intelligent man will ponder a parable

Throw your weaknesses before God and the Lord will become your strength

Blessed is the man who makes himself deaf to every pleasure that seperates him from his Creator

If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God

When someone opens your heart, I'd like him to find nothing there but Christ

Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sin, but remember that the foundation of the man is the same: The image of God.

Love does not know how to lose its temper

God's love for the biggest sinner is greater than the love of the holiest man for God

If you give all your life to the earth, the earth will give you a tomb, but if you give all your life to heaven, heaven will give you a throne

By his Resurrection, Christ conquered sin and death, destroyed Satan's dark kingdom, freed the enslaved human race and broke the seal on the greatest mysteries of God and man

God did not send you to earth to live comfortable, rather to prepare for eternal life

Cry out to God with tears and He will hear you. The soul must be broken for the light to enter

If you hate at least one person you hate Christ himself in his image and are far from the Kingdom of Heaven

The Western people are abandoning Christianity and do not want to live according to Christ's commandments. Their path will lead to ruin

Only those who do not fight are never wounded

The grace of God does not abandon us, even when we fall - it quietly waits for our humulity

A little pain from the struggle brings a lot of spiritual joy.

God never abandons us, we are the ones who forget and abandon him

Anything that doesn't lead to God is a waste of time

To judge sins is the business of one who is sinless, but who is sinless except God? Who ever thinks about the multitude of his own sins in his heart never wants to make the sins of others a topic of conversation. To judge a man who has gone astray is a sign of pride, and God resists the proud. On the other hand, one who every hour prepares himself to give answer for his own sins will not quickly lift up his head to examine the mistakes of others.

God said, "Let us make man in our own image and likeness". If he is in the likeness of God, and rules the whole earth, and has been granted authority over everything on earth from God, who is his buyer, tell me? who is his seller?.

If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God

The injustice of this world would drive me insane if I did not know that God will have the final say

Jesus Christ is King of Israel. Christians are the Israelite race

God is everywhere. You decide whether you are close to Him or not

Do not be afraid, you are not alone. Lonely is he who does not know God, even if he is friends with half the world

The women who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder.

Do not say that faith in Christ alone can save you, for this is not possible if you do not attain love for Him, which is demonstrated by deeds. As for mere faith: "The demons also believe and tremble" (James, 2:19). The action of love consists in heartfelt good deeds toward one's neighbor, magnanimity, patience, and sober use of things

Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it

I long to give thanks, to give thanks every minute for everything that the Lord has given me. I long to bring Him my insignificant gratitude, serving Him and His suffering children

Your accumulated offences surpass not the multitude of God’s mercies: your wounds surpass not the great Physician’s skill. Only give yourself up in faith: tell the Physician your ailment: say thou also, like David: I said, I will confess me my sin unto the Lord: and the same shall be done in your case, which he says immediately: And you forgave the wickedness of my heart..

The one most reliable means for salvation-endure everything that God will send: the good and the bad

Do not say, "I can't." This phrase is not Christian. Christian words are: I can do all things, but not by myself, but through the Lord who strengthens me

Mental prayer is nothing else than a familiar conversation and union with God To prepare yourself for prayer put off your own will

How can I blaspheme MY KING who saved me?

Let it be understood that those who are not found living as He taught are not Christian- even though they profess with the lips the teaching of Christ

To save a bad husband, God gives him a good wife & vice versa

Let not your prayer be public and clamorous, for God listens not to the voice but to the heart.

Do not talk to me about the beauty of a women, but about their modesty and chastity.

Every liturgy is an atomic bomb dropped on hell

The same, from the Glaphyra: 'He orders two small, living, clean birds to be taken', he says, 'so that you might understand from winged creatures the man from heaven, at once man and God, in two natures, inasmuch as he came to be in the separate definition that belongs to each. He who shone forth from God the Father was Word, in flesh from a woman'

You can pray in any place, at any time: while you stand, sit, lie, while you are at work or on the road. But it is a sin to talk in church

You are angry with your neighbor, you despise him, do not like to speak peaceably and lovingly to him, because there is something harsh, abrupt, careless, unpleasant to you in his character, in his speech, in his manners—because he is more conscious of his dignity than perhaps is necessary; or because he may be somewhat proud and disrespectful; but you yourself, your neighbor’s physician and teacher, are more guilty than him. “Physician, heal thyself.” Teacher, teach yourself. Your own malice is the bitterest of all evils. Is it then possible to correct malice by means of evil? Having a beam in your own eye, can you pull out the mote from the eye of another? Evil and faults are corrected by good, by love, kindness, meekness, humility, and patience

Take care of your enemies and pray for them because they don't know what they are doing

Die every day, and you will live forever

A man becomes spiritual when he becomes fearless.

My God, i do not know what You will do, but i surrender myself to You completely so that you will make me into a human being

If you give all your love to God, you'll receive all of His in return, to pass on to other people

Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land!

So in every test, let us say: "Thank you, my God, because this was needed for my salvation

We have the power of the Holy Cross, our holy symbol, the divine grace of Christ, only as long as we have the holy marking of the Holy Baptism, meaning we have denied the devil and sided with Christ, and received the Holy Marking, the seal of the Gift of the Holy Spirit

When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition

Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint.

The goal is to rise spiritually, not simply to avoid sin

If a manly spirit does not exist, neither does diligence. Manliness is when you give yourself with trust completely to God. He who has manliness also has love, which God measures.

A little study and a lot of prayer. We must participate in prayer and worship with our whole heart.

We must have simplicity in our actions towards others, and with simplicity accept their remarks. If someone acts simply and with good thoughts, he rejoices when he is admonished.

The man who has humility is covered by the grace of God. However, the proud man is like a broken rudder which runs awry, or like a saw sharpened only on one side.

When in prayer we don’t feel joy and comfort, as does a little child who runs to its mother’s embrace, then we have either hurt someone through our conduct and harshness, or pride exists in us

Satan’s handiwork is to constantly put malicious and damaging thoughts in people’s minds.

The devil is very crafty. He is constantly trying to find a weak spot in everybody. Guarding your mind and your thoughts is the most important thing.

God wants us, above all, to be happy and to enjoy inner peace. God is not a tyrant who pesters and intimidates us, but instead he wants us to be free.

Most people are so consumed by earthly concerns and possessions that they never get to feel the love of God

Hell is to be away from God. Hell for a child is to be away from its mother

Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders the Grace of God and miracles. Practice patience without judging with the logical mind.