“I implore and exhort you, my beloved fathers, brethren, and children, in the following: Love the Lord with all thy soul and all thy heart. Be righteous and just, submissive, with bowed head and your mind turned towards heaven. Have contrition towards God and men.”
– St. Paisius Velichovsky
“Do not judge any man, but condemn yourself. And for this you will be the child of the Gospel, the son of the Resurrection, the inheritor of life in Christ Jesus our Lord.“
– St Paisius Velichovsky
Life
- https://stpaisiusmonastery.org/about-the-monastery/life-of-st-paisius/the-life-and-mission-of-st-paisius-velichkovsky-1722-1794/
- Introduction to Blessed Paisius Velichkovsky: The Man Behind the Philokalia by Fr. Seraphim Rose of Platina
- https://orthodoxwiki.org/Paisius_Velichkovsky
- https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/11/15/103311-venerable-paisius-velichkovsky
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisius_Velichkovsky
Writings
- Philokalia (Slavonic translation)
Hymns
Troparion – Tone 2
Having become a stranger on earth, / you reached the heavenly homeland, venerable Father Paisius. / You taught the faithful to lift up their minds to God, / crying out to Him with all their hearts: / “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner!”
Kontakion – Tone 8
Like a much-laboring bee, you were an elect zealot of the monastic life, / supplying our souls with the writings of the Fathers through which you guide us on the path of salvation. / Therefore we cry out to you: “Rejoice, truly-wise Paisius, / for through you the tradition of spiritual elders has been restored to us!”
Feast Day(s)
November 15
Orthodoxy of the Heart 