“He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun to repent or to examine himself so as to discover his own sins.” ChristianSinBrotherJudgingOrthodoxSuspicionRepentOrthodox Christian Author:Maximus the Confessor
“The Christian ought not to say anything behind his brother's back with the object of calumniating him, for this is slander, even if what is said is true. He ought to turn away from the brother who speaks evil against him?” IfsSaidChristianTurnsEvilSpeakBehindsObjectsBrotherOughtOrthodoxSay AnythingSlander Author:Saint Basil
“The brother of my grandfather was the patriarch of the Orthodox Church and revered as a saint. So everything in my childhood is about total sacrifice, whether to religion or to communism. This is what is engraved on me. This is why I have this insane willpower. My body is now beginning to be falling apart, but I will do it to the end. I don't care. With me it is about whatever it takes.” EndsBodyCareFallChurchSacrificeChildhoodBrotherSaintDon't CareInsaneCommunismI Don't CareOrthodoxGrandfatherWillpowerFalling ApartMy GrandfatherWhatever It TakesEngravedPatriarchOrthodox Church Author:Marina Abramovic
“In order to abide in the love of God it is essential for anger and 'hate' to attain their maximum intensity but be directed against the sin that lives in me, against the evil active in me - in me, not in my brother.” ChristianHateOrderEvilSinBrotherEssentialsActiveGod LoveMy BrotherOrthodoxIntensityMaximum Author:Silouan the Athonite
“The Holy Spirit acts mystically through the spiritual father, and then when you go out from your spiritual father, the soul feels her renewal. But if you leave your spiritual father in a state of confusion, this means that you did not confess purely and did not forgive your brother all of his sins from your heart.” IfsInspirationalFeelsHeartMeanSoulStatesChristianSpiritualSpiritFatherReligiousSinBrotherHolyForgivingConfusionHoly SpiritOrthodoxRenewalYour Brother Author:Silouan the Athonite
“With all your power, ask the Lord for humility and brotherly love, because God freely gives His grace for love towards one's brother. Do an experiment on yourself: one day ask God for love towards your brother, and another day - live without love. You will see the difference.” InspirationalGivingChristianAsksDifferencesReligiousLove IsLordGraceLove YouHumilityBrotherOne DayExperimentsOrthodoxWithout LoveAnother DayYour BrotherBrotherlyBrotherly Love Author:Silouan the Athonite
“If you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him.” IfsInspirationalChristianReligiousBrotherConversationMouthsOrthodox Author:Isaac of Nineveh
“We have such a law: If you forgive, it means that God has forgiven you; but if you do not forgive your brother, it means that your sin remains with you.” IfsInspirationalMeanChristianLawReligiousSinBrotherRemainsForgivingOrthodoxForgivenYour Brother Author:Silouan the Athonite
“What is perfection in love? Love your enemies in such a way that you would desire to make them your brothers ... For so did He love, Who hanging on the Cross, said "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34)” KnowsWayInspirationalSaidChristianDesireFatherReligiousEnemyLove YouBrotherCrossesPerfectionForgivingOrthodoxLukeYour BrotherHanging OnLove Your Enemies Author:Saint Augustine
“We suffer because we have no humility and we do not love our brother. From love of our brother comes the love of God. People do not learn humility, and because of their pride cannot receive the grace of the Holy Spirit, and therefor the whole world suffers.” PeopleWorldInspirationalWholeChristianSpiritSufferingReligiousGraceHumilityBrotherPrideHolyWhole WorldGod LoveHoly SpiritOrthodox Author:Silouan the Athonite
“I really do feel that these people are brothers and sisters in God's family. I am looking to build bridges with the Orthodox Church, looking to build bridges with the Catholic Church, with the Anglican church.” PeopleFeelsChurchBrotherCatholicBridgesOrthodoxBrothers And SistersCatholic ChurchOrthodox Church Author:Rick Warren
“By accepting a suspicion against the neighbor, by saying, 'What does it matter if I put in a word about my suspicion? What does it matter if I find out what my brother is saying or what a guest is doing?' the mind begins to forget about its own sins and to talk idly about his neighbor, speaking evil against him, despising him, and from this he falls into the very thing he condemns. Because we become careless about our own faults and do not lament our own death, we lose the power to correct ourselves and we are always at work on our neighbor.” IfsMindDoeMatterChristianFallEvilLosesSinForgetAcceptingBrotherFaultsNeighborMy BrotherOrthodoxGuestsSuspicionCarelessLamentDoes It Matter Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“If one of you sees, sometime, something unedifying and so much as goes on to pass it on and put it into the heart of another brother, in doing so you not only harm yourself but you harm your brother by putting one more little bit of knavery into his heart. Even if that brother has his mind set on prayer or some other noble activity, and the first arrives and furnishes him with something to prate about, he not only impedes what he ought to be doing, but brings a temptation on him. There is nothing graver or more deadly than this doing harm, not only to himself but also to his neighbor.” IfsMindFirstsHeartLittlesChristianBitsPrayerBrotherGoes OnOughtActivityLittle BitHarmNobleNeighborTemptationOrthodoxOrthodox ChristianYour BrotherMind SetKnavery Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“If someone puts his trust in God in a matter, let him not argue with his brother about it.” IfsInspirationalMatterChristianReligiousBrotherArguingOrthodoxTrust In God Author:Marcus Eremita
“[Orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, my brother. We kissed each other, embraced, and then a conversation for two hours. Old age doesn't come on its own.Two hours where we spoke as brothers, sincerely and no one knows what was spoke about, only what we said at the end publicly about how we felt as we spoke.” KnowsSaidTwoEndsAgeFeltHoursBrotherConversationOld AgeMy BrotherSpokesOrthodoxSincerelyPatriarch Author:Pope Francis
“I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.” MovingWishBrotherPrayingOrthodoxBishopsMoving AheadBest Wishes Author:Pope Francis