Deacon Silouan

What is humility?

A brother asked an old man “What is humility?”
And the old man said “To do good to those who hurt you.”
The brother said “If you can not go that far, what should you do?”
The old man replied “Get away from them and keep your mouth shut.”

Have mercy on me!

simplyorthodox:

When bad thoughts are planted in you, then cry to God: “Lord, my Maker and Creator. You see that my soul is in agony from bad thoughts. Have mercy on me.” Teach yourself to root out thoughts immediately. But when you forget and don’t root them out immediately, then offer repentance. Work on this, so that you get a habit.

- St. Silouan

Whoever has known the love of God…

simplyorthodox:

Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy.

- St. Silouan the Athonite

forstria:

Beauitiful words from St.Antony The Great <3

(I do not own this photo the photo belongs to it’s rightful owner) :)

Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, ‘You are a saint,’ the other, ‘You won’t be saved.’ Both of these thoughts are from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. But think this way: I am a great sinner, but the Lord is merciful. He loves people very much, and He will forgive my sins.

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—	St. Silouan the Athonite (via affcath)

Musings of an Orthodox Brit: The Bible calls us to stand with the marginalized and the oppressed and not with the oppressors. »

theorthodoxbrit:

“I am very sorry to hear about some religious groups in the United States that support the Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian territories. Such support cannot be justified from a Christian point of view because Christianity is against any sort of occupation and the injustice in all its…

Perhaps the most distinguished quality in love is sacrifice.

theorthodoxbrit:

“Perhaps the most distinguished quality in love is sacrifice. This is the big difference between love and lust: love always seeks to give, and lust always seek to take.”
-H.H. Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

Never permit your tongue utter a word unless you are convinced that what you say is beneficial either for yourself or for whom you are saying it.

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—	Saint Zena-Markos (via theorthodoxbrit)

…nothing helps men so much as to cut off self-will, for thereby a man prepares the way for nearly all the virtues.

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—	St. Dorotheos of Gaza (via doxapatri)

“Perhaps the most distinguished quality in love is sacrifice. This is the big difference between love and lust: love always seeks to give, and lust always seek to take.”-H.H. Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

“Perhaps the most distinguished quality in love is sacrifice. This is the big difference between love and lust: love always seeks to give, and lust always seek to take.”
-H.H. Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria