Σεραφείμ

For a man thinketh, he shall be.

[Siegfire @SiegfireDotcom]

St. Seraphim of Platina, pray for us. ☦️📿

[Fr. Daniel☦️ @Fragbaza]

“Kindness softens and opens up the heart, as oil opens a rusty lock.”

Saint Paisios the Athonite

[Thaddeus Patrick ☦️ @thaddeusthought]

Blessed feast of St Paisios ☦️🙏

[Wolfgang @Zalmoxis7534]

Saint Paisios, 1992

[Conor McGregor @TheNotoriousMMA]

I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.

God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
consubstantial with the Father;
through Him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation
He came down from heaven,

and by the Holy Spirit
was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
He suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead,
and His kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the Giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.

I confess one Baptism
for the forgiveness of sins,

and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.

Amen. 🙏🏼

[Siegfire @SiegfireDotcom]

St. Xenia of Saint Petersburg, pray for us! ☦️📿

[Siegfire @SiegfireDotcom]

St. Seraphim of Sarov, pray for us. ☦️📿

[Siegfire @SiegfireDotcom]

Most Holy Theotokos, save us! ☦️📿

[John Worthington @Iron12cross]

The Eastern Orthodox quote of the day is:

[Timothy Honeycutt @AudioScribeOW]

“Be kind to one another, for all are fighting a hard battle.”

A gift from the St. Herman Monastery in Platina. I noticed it on the wall in their kitchen and mentioned to one of the monks how much I liked that quote. A couple hours later he handed it me.

[Gabriel @GabrielofBoone]

America has Great Theologians. America has Wonderworkers. America has Ascetics. America has Martyrs.

“Never, never, never let anyone tell you that, in order to be Orthodox, you must be Eastern…” - St John of San Francisco

[Gabriel J. Benton ☦️🇺🇸 @OrthodoxPole81]

Oof!

[Gabriel J. Benton ☦️🇺🇸 @OrthodoxPole81]

"thou hast left thy first love..."

[Gabriel J. Benton ☦️🇺🇸 @OrthodoxPole81]

Necessary.

[Ὀρθόδοξος Κοκκινοσβέρκης @OrthoKokkinos]

“Sometimes one’s zeal for ‘Orthodoxy’ can be so excessive that it produces a situation similar to that which caused an old Russian woman [babushka] to remark about an enthusiastic American convert: ‘Well, he’s certainly Orthodox, all right—but is he a Christian?’ To be ‘Orthodox’ but not ‘Christian’ is a state that has a particular name in Christian language: it means to be a pharisee, to be so bogged down in the letter of the Church’s laws that one loses the spirit that gives them life, the spirit of true Christianity.” ~ Fr. Seraphim Rose

[NEPSIS @nepsisblog]

On Criticizing Priests

“There once lived a most devout Priest. Even though he barely knew how to read and write, he was a Priest, a clergyman of strong faith, great virtue and of many spiritual struggles. He used to stand up-right for hours during the Proskomedia, despite the fact that the veins of his feet had been affected and were bulging….standing up-right commemorating the names of numerous people. He was a man of sacrifice to his last breath.

As he barely knew how to read and write, by some misunderstanding, he did not place the portions on the Holy Diskos properly.

When we place the portion of the All-Holy Theotokos on top of the Holy Diskos, we say; The Queen stood at thy right hand…”

The Geronda (Elder) Priest was under the impression that, since he said ”at thy right hand,” the portion of the All-Holy Mother of God must be placed on the right side of the Lamb (as he was looking at the Holy Diskos). In other words, he was placing the portions backwards.

Once a Bishop visited the Holy Monastery for the Ordination of a Deacon.

During the Psalms of Praise, when the Bishop enters the Holy Altar, he vests, then later goes to the Proskomedia, which has already been prepared up to a certain point. From then on he alone is the one to continue commemorating.
Thus, the Bishop noticed that the portions had been placed backwards by the priest:

“You did not place the pieces properly, father,” he told him.

“Father, come here for a minute. The All Holy Theotokos is placed over here and the Orders are placed over there. Hasn’t anyone told you; hasn’t anyone seen how you do the Proskomedia?”

“Certainly, Your Eminence,” replied the Geronda Priest. “Everyday, when I celebrate (for a day did not go by unless he celebrated the Divine Liturgy), the Angel who serves me sees what I am doing but does not tell me anything at all. I apologize, illiterate as I am, for making such a mistake; I will be careful from now on.”

“Who did you say? Who did you say serves you here?” asked the Bishop, “Isn’t he a monk who serves you?”

“No”, answered the Priest, “an Angel of the Lord.”

The Bishop fell silent, what could he have said, anyway? He was astonished and had certainly realized that a holy priest was standing before him.

At noon, following the meal in the trapeza, the Bishop said goodbye to the Abbot as well as the rest of the monks, and departed. The following day, as it was still night, when the Geronda Priest went to the Holy Altar in order to hold the Proskomedia.

The Angel of the Lord came down. During the act of breaking the Lamb, the Angel noticed that the Priest had placed the portions properly.

“Fine father!” he told the Priest. “Now you have placed them properly!”

“Yes, you knew the mistake I have been making for so many years!”

“And why didn’t you tell me anything; why didn’t you correct me?,” he asked.

“I could see it, but I do not have the right to tell you anything. I am not worthy to correct a Priest.”

—by Fr. Stephanos Anagnostopoulos

This incident was narrated to the author by the blessed departed Geronda Gabriel, who for a great period of time was the abbott at the Holy Monastery of Dionysios on Mount Athos

[𝕽𝖊𝖉𝖜𝖔𝖔𝖉 ☦︎ @gh0stbrain]

"When I became a Christian I voluntarily crucified my mind, and all the crosses that I bear have been only a source of joy for me. I have lost nothing and gained everything."
- Fr. Seraphim Rose

[Peter @OrthroAug]

Some other photos of St. John & Blessed Philaret