Surely, if you do right, there is uplift. But if you do not do right, sin couches at the door, its urge is toward you, yet you can be its master. Genesis 4:7 ☦️
"Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience." - St John Climacus
"He that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love. Love is at the center of our Orthodox faith, & at the center of being itself." - St Paisios of Mt Athos
"Remind one another that nothing in life is to be feared, except offending God. If your marriage is like this, your perfection will rival the holiest of monks." - St John Chrysostom
“We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.” - St John Chrysostom,
"Fire & water do not mix, neither can you mix judgement of others with the desire to repent. Even if someone should commit a sin before you at the very moment of death, pass no judgement because the judgement of God is hidden from human eyes. There have been those who have sinned immensely in the open but have done greater deeds in secret, so that those who would disparage them have been fooled, with smoke instead of sunlight in their eyes.’ – St John Climacus
"The time of the end, though it seems to be near, we do not know. However close, it is still future, & in the present we have only the same age-old fight against the unseen powers, against the world, & against our own passions, upon the outcome of which our eternal fate will be decided. Let us then struggle while it is still day, with the time & the weapons which our All-merciful God has given us!" - Hieromonk Seraphim Rose
"Dont criticize or judge other people—regard everyone else as an angel, justify their mistakes & weaknesses, & condemn only yourself as the worst sinner. This is step one in any kind of spiritual life." - Hieromonk Seraphim Rose
‼️☦️🇷🇺 Thousands of Orthodox Christians gather in Ekaterinburg to celebrate the memory and honor the Royal Romanov Matyrs 🙏🏻 murdered by the Talmudic Bolsheviks.
Many Orthodox Bishops from Russia and abroad (for example Uzbekistan) gather for this solemn & special occasion.
"Do we have the feeling that we must become holy & perfect, children of God & heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven? We must struggle for this, so that we may not be shown unworthy & rejected. Let none of us lose our boldness, nor neglect our duties, nor be afraid of the difficulties of spiritual struggle. For we have God as a helper, who strengthens us in the difficult path of virtue.” - St. Nektarius
More people than ever are discovering there’s true evil in the world and they’re turning to God for answers. Jay Dyer explains the growing popularity of the Orthodox Church.
0:00 The Attempts to Suppress Christianity in Schools
8:14 The Problems With Christian Zionism
14:09 What Is Calvinism?
24:10 A Different View of Salvation and the Bible
30:13 The Rise of Secret Societies
34:09 The Importance of Reading the Bible
36:38 What Are Icons?
42:55 The Difference Between Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism
47:56 What's the Highest Form of Government?
55:49 The Rise in Online Debates
1:00:42 The Death of Atheism
1:04:35 The Religion of Hollywood
1:12:25 Has the CIA Been Involved in Making Hollywood Movies?
1:14:51 Lone Gunmen and False Flag Recruitment
1:17:44 The CIA's Role in American Politics
1:19:22 Were Epstein's Sex Crimes a Distraction From Something Bigger?
1:22:34 Are Aliens Actually Demons?
1:24:39 The True Goal of the Globalist Elites
1:31:51 Yoga, Sexual Perversion, and Demonic Power
1:39:55 Was Oppenheimer Participating in the Demonic?
1:43:44 The Rise of Charismatic Christianity
1:50:17 The End Times
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“Laziness throws us down even from heaven, while discouragement hurls us down even to the very abyss of wickedness. We can quickly return from there if we do not become discouraged.” - St John Chrysostom
"The only hope of salvation from the delusions & the heresies, the innovations & the traps of wicked people & of the devil is prayer, repentance & humility.” - Elder Joseph the Hesychast
"Shun the satisfactions of this age, so as to be happy in the age to come. Do not be negligent, letting the days pass by 'till unexpectedly they come looking for you & you arrive at the straits of your anguish & the ‘horror-faces’ surround you & drag you off violently to their dark place of terror & anguish. Do not be sad when you are cursed by men; be sad & sigh when you sin." - St Pachomius the Great,
"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