The Cross was given to us as a sign on our forehead, just as the circumcision was given to Israel:
for by it we believers are separated and distinguished from unbelievers.
This is the shield and weapon against, and trophy over, the devil.
This is the seal that the destroyer may not touch you […]
When a man is enriched with heavenly treasure —
and I mean the presence and the indwelling of Him Who said:
“I and the Father shall come and make our home in him” —
then such a man knows in his very soul what immense grace he has received
and what great happiness he contains […]
To those who serve Him well He gives freedom
Philokalia, Vol I
Regarding heresies:
Assuredly in every one of these heresies, the devil has thus disguised himself,
and has suggested to them words full of craftiness.
The Lord spoke concerning them, that “false christs and false prophets will rise
and show great signs and wonders to deceive” many (Mt 24:24).
Accordingly the devil has come, speaking by each and […]
Then he brought me into the temple and measured its entrance…
Next he measured the wall of the house, six cubits.
The width of each side all around was four cubits on every side.
The side chambers were thirty-two in number, each next to the other…
As one went up from story to story, the […]
We treated Babylon medically, but she would not heal.
Let us forsake her, and let each move to his country.
(Jeremiah 28:9, Septuagint)
In prophecy the future is well joined to the past, whereby both are signified.
Since things which are prophesied of as yet to come […]
For as Eve was seduced by the word of an angel to flee from God, having rebelled against His Word,
so Mary by the word of an angel received the glad tidings that she would bear God by obeying His Word.
The former was seduced to disobey God and so fell, but the […]
On this day (Epep 15; July 22) of the year 21 of the martyrs (305 AD), the two great saints, Cyriacus and Julietta, his mother, were martyred.
The Martyr Cyriacus is considered the youngest martyr to confess the Lord Christ, after the children of Bethlehem.
St. Cyriacus was born in the city […]
How could anything continue to exist unless You willed it?
Or how could anything be preserved
Unless it was called into existence by You?
(Wisdom 11:25)
The Lord says this:
“Because of you, My name is blasphemed continually among the Gentiles.”
(Is 52:5)