The Orthodox Church conducts her missionary work quietly, with humility, and reverence –
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being conscious of the powerlessness of man and the strength of God.
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Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
it never fails
For love does not seek its own, it labors, sweats, watches to build up the brother: nothing is inconvenient to love, and by the help of God it turns the impossible into the possible.
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Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
live in Christ
We must not look for people’s consolation,
but for God’s
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Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
peace of soul
The best thing of all is to surrender to God’s Will and bear all affliction having confidence in God
+Saint Silouan the Athonite
according to the measure of his love
The Lord wants us to love one another, in this, in love, towards God and our fellow man, lies freedom.
Saint Silouan the Athonite
real paradise on earth
Grace proceeds from brotherly love, and by brotherly love is grace preserved; but if we do not love our brother the grace of God will not come into our souls.
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Saint Silouan the Athonite
He gave us the Holy Spirit
Some there are who spend their whole lives trying to find out about the sun, or the moon, or in seeking like knowledge; yet this is of no profit to the soul.
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The Merciful Lord gave the Holy Spirit on earth, and by the Holy Spirit was the Holy Church established. The Holy Spirit unfolded to us not only the things of the earth, but those too which are of heaven.
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Both in heaven and earth, the Lord is made known only by the Holy Spirit and not through ordinary learning.
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Even children who have no learning at all, come to know the Lord by the Holy Spirit… There are some who spend their whole lives in trying to find out about the sun, or the moon or in seeking like knowledge; yet this is no profit to the soul.
Saint Silouan the Athonite
o ye peoples
O ye peoples of the earth, fashioned by God, know your Creator and His love for us!
Know the love of Christ, and live in peace and thereby rejoice in the Lord,
Who in His mercy waits for all men to come unto Him.
Saint Silouan
we are God’s children
“God created man from dust but He loves us as a father loves his children, and waits with longing for us to come to Him… the Lord never ceases to call us to Himself: “Come unto me and I will give you rest.” he nourishes us with His most holy Body and Blood. In His mercy He schools us by His word and the Holy Spirit. He has revealed His mysteries to us. He lives in us and in the Sacraments of the Church, and leads us where we shall behold His glory.”
Saint Silouan the Athonite
awareness of God
You can lift up your mind and heart to God while walking, working, in a crowd, and in solitude.
His door is always open.
Saint Tikhon
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