“The chief aim of a Christian upbringing: That a man…might say within himself that he is a Christian.”
Category: Christian Living
“A good attitude is not only formed by bodily discipline, but rather must be formed by positive action on all his powers: mind, will and heart.”
“Train the child (and ourselves!) to investigate what is considered essential for him but refrain from and avoid everything else.”
“Baptism is the door leading to Christ.”
“The sign of the Cross gives us great strength to repel and conquer evil and to do good, but we must remember to make the sign of the Cross correctly and without haste…”
– Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy
“One can be counted a Christian and not be a Christian. This everyone knows.”
Categories
The Psalter
“If we keep vigil in church,
David [i.e. Psalms] comes first, last and central.”
– St. John Chrysostom
“If we understand the commandments of Christ and of the Apostles aright, our business as Christians consists not in increasing the number of our good deeds which are only the means of furthering the purpose of our Christian life, but in deriving from them the utmost profit, that is in acquiring the most abundant gifts of the Holy Spirit.”
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A Prayer Rule
“…the most important thing is standing before God
with the mind in the heart with devotion
and heartfelt prostration to Him.”
– St. Theophan the Recluse
“If God wishes to grant salvation to some who are
Christians in the best way they know, but without
ever knowing the Orthodox Church—
that is up to Him, not us…”
– Fr Seraphim Rose
“‘Let the little children come unto Me’
are the words of the Lord from Luke 18:16.
This is exactly the duty of Christian parents.”
-Bishop IRENAIUS
“…and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the Evil One”
Orthodoxy of the Heart 
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