When people begin to despair in their affairs, then God reveals His irresistible power. - St. John Chrysostom

"It is better to always repent and humble yourself than to despair; through repentance and humility you will attract the grace of God and His help." - St. Macarius of Optina

A rare black and white image of Agia Marina inside the prison where she was held.
The devil appeared to her in the form of a dragon and with her
her strength and the grace of God overcame him when she was only fifteen years old.

O most praiseworthy and most wonderful prophet of God Elijah, pray to the God who loves mankind, that He may grant us the spirit of repentance and contrition for our sins

No matter how many sorrows we have, they will all end and be forgotten in one day. Only good or evil will remain, which will follow the soul until the Judgment, where the soul will hear the great decision about its fate. - Elder Ephraim (of Arizona)

It is a disaster for the soul to not partake of the Holy Mysteries for a long time: the soul begins to stink of passions and sins, the strength of which increases the longer we do not partake of the Sacrament of Communion. - St. John of Kronstadt

Said an elder: "Your saints keep you company in solitude and make death a paradise."

When your heart is freed from all grudges, then you are close to love!
And when your heart acquires the blessed peace towards all people, then you are in front of the gate of love!
This gate, however, is only opened by the Holy Spirit!
St. Ignatius Brianchanovic

Do you want all the affairs in your life to have the best and most beneficial outcome in this and the next century?
Trust Jesus Christ 100%.
Open up and let God into your life and all your matters will be settled, without you realizing it.
Because whoever trusts God completely will never fail in his life!
Trust in God gives calmness and peace to man, no matter what happens to him.
That is why he who trusts God is always calm and does not get angry,
because he knows that, no matter what happens to him in his life, God allows it, for his good and thus he is comforted.
But he who does not trust in God, but in himself, will suffer in his life, will be stressed, tortured and distressed, because he will not be able to find solutions to his problems and will be unhappy.
The neurological centers and the insane asylums are full, because people do not trust their lives in God.
+Dimitris Panagopoulos, Preacher

The Mother of God was humbler than all, and therefore is glorified by both heaven and earth; and everyone who humbles himself will be glorified by God, and will see the glory of the Lord
- St. Silouan the Athonite

Have you been greatly wronged and deprived of much because of someone, have you been slandered and harmed in very serious matters, and for this reason do you want to see your brother punished?
And here again it is useful to forgive him.
Because, if you yourself want to take revenge and attack him either with your words, or with some action of yours, or with your curse, God will not only not intervene against him - since you have taken on his punishment - but will also punish you as a fighter against God.
Leave matters to God!
He will arrange things much better than you want.
He only gave you the command to pray for the person who has hurt you…
Saint John Chrysostom

“A wise man walks in silence”
(Proverbs 11, 12).
Nothing contributes so much to the acquisition of inner peace as silence and talking as much as possible with yourself and less with others. The characteristic of the spiritual life is introspection and the secret work of the heart.
Verbosity is enough to disrupt the mental peace of a spiritual person.
The saddest thing of all is that verbosity can extinguish the fire that the Lord came to kindle on earth in the human heart.
Nothing quenches the fire that the Holy Spirit kindles in the heart for the sanctification of the soul, writes Saint Isaac the Syrian, as much as association, talkativeness, and discussion, unless it is with spiritual brothers and has as its content the knowledge of God and our approach to Him…
Therefore, put away talkativeness, in order to guard your soul.
“A wise man leads a quiet life” (Proverbs 11:12).
Saint Seraphim of Sarov

My joy! Place your trust in God and ask for His help, and know how to forgive your neighbors - and you will be given everything you ask for. - St. Seraphim of Sarov.

The Lord will hold the book of life, the Gospel, and we will automatically go right or left by ourselves,
because we will know whether we are for Heaven or not..
That is why in the Despotiko, where the Despot sits, in the image of Christ the book is open and there is no lamp on it..
It states that there is no mercy in the Second Coming..
While in the iconostasis the book that Christ holds is closed and there is a lamp, because we still have mercy..
Elder Ambrose Lazarus

How to celebrate Christmas?
Saint Gregory the Theologian is clear:
“Let us celebrate not with public festivities but in a divine way.
Do not decorate the entrances and streets but your soul.
Do not organize dances or go to feasts and drunkenness
which become the cause of many evils,
but take part in the heavenly feast
where angels dance and sing.
Do not satisfy your eyes and ears with sounds and sights
but run with the shepherds to see the miracle.
Do not fill your belly with excessive food
but taste the heavenly bread of thanksgiving.
Do not dress in luxurious clothes
and do not use dyes
which make natural beauty false
but the pure clothes of virtues.”

Abba Hesychius:
Leave the past with trust in God's mercy, the present in his love, and the future in his Providence!