Orthodox Quotes
Old Testament
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1) Prophet Solomon – c. 10th century BC (ancient Israelite period)
“Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.” (Proverbs 1:8–9) Prophet Solomon – c. 10th century BC
1st century (New Testament era)
“We love because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19) Apostle John – c. AD 6–100
“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13) Apostle Paul – c. AD 5–67
4th–5th century
“Sin is a wound which, if concealed from the eye of the Physician, becomes incurable.”
Basil the Great – c. AD 329–379
“A confessed sin becomes smaller; an unconfessed sin grows greater.” John Chrysostom – c. AD 347–407
“Repentance opens the gates of heaven for us.”John Chrysostom – c. AD 347–407
“Enter the Church and repent; here, you are not put on trial, but receive the forgiveness of sins.”John Chrysostom – c. AD 347–407
“The Church is a spiritual pharmacy, where one finds a remedy against the arrows of sin.”John Chrysostom – c. AD 347–407
“You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our heart finds no peace until it rests in You.” Augustine of Hippo – c. AD 354–430
6th century
“Repentance and the Holy Eucharist are the greatest among all the gifts of God.”
Barsanuphius the Great – c. AD 6th century (died ~540)
7th century
“The path of God is a daily cross. No one has ascended into heaven by means of ease.”
Isaac the Syrian – c. AD 613–700
8th century
“God can do all that He wants, but He does not want to do all that He can.”
John of Damascus – c. AD 675–749
20th century saints & elders
“Those who do not believe in miracles deny that God can reveal Himself to the world, because a miracle is nothing more than the revelation of God in the world.” Nektarios of Aegina – AD 1846–1920
“Let us love Christ and let our only hope and care be Him.”Porphyrios the Kafsokalyvite – AD 1906–1991
Modern Orthodox elders (20th century)
“Love everyone and you will have peace and joy unspeakable, inexpressible in words.”
Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica – AD 1914–2003