Father Spyridon Bailey

"Those persons prove themselves senseless who exaggerate the mercy of Christ, but are silent as to the Judgment, and look only at the more abundant grace of the New Testament; but forgetful of the greater degree of perfection which it demands from us" - St Irenaeus

"Speak well of those who speak evil of you. Pay good for evil. Pray for those who cause you various offenses, wrongs, temptations, persecutions. Whatever you do, on no account condemn anyone; do not even try to judge whether a person is good or bad, but keep your eyes on that one evil person for whom you must give an account before God – yourself." - St Ignatius Brianchaninov

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“Conquer men by your gentle kindness, & make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of justice to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.” - St Isaac the Syrian

“A man obtains the fear of God if he has the remembrance of his unavoidable death & of the eternal torments that await sinners; If he tests himself every evening as to how he has spent the day, & every morning as to how he has spent the night, & if he is not sharp in his relations with others.”- St Dorotheos

"Do you desire to become a Saint? Be severe to yourself but kind to others." — St. John Chrysostom

"Even in the most difficult times, he who will occupy himself diligently with the Jesus prayer, ascending with the frequent invocation of the Son of God’s name in ceaseless prayer, will be able to be saved easily." - St Seraphim of Viritsa

"I must tell you first of all that, to the best of our knowledge, there are no startsi today—that is, truly God-bearing elders (in the spirit of the Optina elders) who could guide you not by their own wisdom and understanding of the Holy Fathers, but by the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.  This kind of guidance is not given to our times—and frankly, we in our weakness and corruption and sins do not deserve it." - Hieromonk Seraphim Rose

"Understand one thing: it is not good when we return the love of those who love us, yet hate those who hate us. We are not on the right path if we do this. We are the sons of light & love, the sons of God, His children. As such we must have His qualities & His attributes of love, peace, & kindness towards all." - Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

"When you pray to our Lady the Holy Virgin, be firmly assured, before praying, that you will not depart from her without having received mercy. To think thus & to have confidence in her is meet & right. She is, the All-Merciful Mother of the All-Merciful God, the Word, & her mercies, incalculably great & innumerable, have been declared from all ages by all Christian Churches; she is, indeed, an abyss of mercies and bounties.” St John of Kronstadt

"The Christian has no reason to have in his heart any ill-feeling whatever against anyone, such ill-feeling, like every other evil, is the work of the Devil; the Christian must only have love in his heart; & as love cannot think of evil, he cannot have any ill-feeling against others." - St John of Kronstadt

"We rejoice because we have something which all the death & corruption of this world cannot take away, that is, the eternal Kingdom of Jesus Christ." - Hieromonk Seraphim Rose

"The Lord loves all people, but He loves those who seek Him even more. To his chosen ones the Lord gives such great grace that for love they forsake the whole earth, the whole world, & their souls burn with desire that all people might be saved & see the glory of the Lord." - St Silouan the Athonite

"Nothing is so foreign to Orthodoxy as lifeless scholasticism & icy rationalism. Orthodoxy before all else & above all is an experience & life of grace, & through that the blessed knowledge of God & the blessed knowledge of man. The Orthodox Church embraces the whole of life, with all its complexities, only leaving no place in it for malice & sin.” - St Justin Popovich

The omniscience of God extends to every human thought & to every sensory experience of all creatures. To cut the throat of an animal without first stunning it is demonic savagery.

"Don't be deceived regarding the knowledge of what will be after your death: what you sow here, you will reap there. After leaving here, no one can make progress. Here is the work, there the reward; here the struggle, there the crowns." - St. Barsanuphius the Great

"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." - St Justin Martyr

@ForgiatoBlow47 Not one of Epstein's friends has been arrested for child abuse. Not one. So they're all given a free pass. I wonder why.

Why is pedophilia wrong on Epstein's Island, but not in Islam?