Carrying your cross ( St. Ephraim of Katounakia )

Everyone has a cross to carry. Why? Since the leader of our faith endured the cross, we will also endure it. On one hand, the cross is sweet and light, but, on the other, it can also be bitter and heavy.

It depends on our will. If you bear Christ’s cross with love then it will be very light; like a sponge or a cork. But if you have a negative attitude, it becomes heavy; too heavy to lift.

- Taken from the book: 

Elder Ephraim of Katounakia

Through the intercessions of the Most Holy Theotokos ( St. Gregory Palamas )

 

Silence is the greatest virtue .... ( Blessed Elder Ephraim of Arizona )

 

To be with Christ, or to be against Him. ( St.Justin Popovic )

 

On thanking God ... ( St. Nikolaj Velimirovic )

 

The road to Hell is paved with the bones .... ( Saint John Chrysostom )

 

Though a man may be found in a weak state, that does not at all mean that he has been abandoned by God. ( St. John Maximovitch )

Though a man may be found in a weak state, that does not at all mean that he has been abandoned by God. 

On the cross, the Lord Jesus Christ was in trouble, as the world sees things. But when the sinful world considered Him to be completely destroyed, in fact He was victorious over death and Hades. 

 

The Lord did not promise us positions as victors as a reward for righteousness, but told us, "In the world you will have tribulation - but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world".

St. John Maximovitch

We have the power of the Holy Cross...( St. Paisios of Mount Athos )

 

God is everywhere... ( St. Joseph the Hesychast )

 

Orthodoxy is a journey of man ( Blessed Elder Ephraim of Arizona )

 

God's revelation .....( Father Seraphim Rose )