Fr. John of Damascus Saying - أقوال الأب يوحنا الدمشقي

الأب يوحنا الدمشقي
فماذا أثمن من أن نكون في يدّ الله؟ لأن الله هو الحياة والنور والذين في يدّ الله يبيتون في حياة ونور

الأب يوحنا الدمشقي

What then, is more precious than to be in the hand of God? For God is Life and Light, and those who are in God's hand are in life and light

Fr. John of Damascus

St. Cyril the Great من أقوال القديس كيرلس الكبير

فإن الذين يسكنهم المسيح ...لهم فكر عالٍ مرتفع
لا يرغبون في الزحف على التراب
ويرفضون البقاء على الأرض طالبين على الدوام
السمو في الفضيلة... فبينما يسيرون على الأرض
إذا بأفكارهم تستقر في العلويات،
ويكون مسكنهم في السماويات

القديس كيرلس الكبير

As those, in whom Christ dwells...
have an exalted and high thought,
that keep them from creeping on the dust;
and…they would refuse to remain on earth,
seeking always exaltness in virtue…
So, while they walk on earth,
their thoughts are far in the highs.

St. Cyril the Great

St. Augustine من أقوال القدّيس أغسطينوس

لا تدع الأمواج تسيطر على قلبك فيضطرب
فإنّنا إن كنّا بشرًا لا نيأس متى هبّت الرياح
وثارت عواصف أرواحنا، إذ نوقظ المسيح
فنبحر في بحر هادئ ونصل إلى موطننا

القدّيس أغسطينوس

Let not the wave master you in this troubled
state of your heart. Yet since we are but men,
if the wind should drive us on, and stir up the
affections of our souls, let us not despair;
let us awake Christ, that we may sail
on a tranquil sea, and so come to our country.

St. Augustine

St. Gregory the Theologian Saying

Let the laver be not for your body only, but also for the image of God in you; not merely a washing away of sins in you, but also a correction of your temper; let it not only wash away the old filth, but let it purify the fountainhead. Let it not only move you to honourable acquisition, but let it teach you also honourably to lose possession; or, which is more easy, to make restitution of what you have wrongfully acquired. For what profit is it that your sin should have been forgiven you, but the loss which you have inflicted should not be repaired to him whom you have injured?

St. Gregory the Theologian

St. Ambrose of Milan Saying

Scripture teaches as how much grace is conferred by unity, and how great is the gift of divine blessing in widows. And since such honor is given them by God, we must observe what mode of life corresponds thereto; for Anna shows what widows ought to be, who. left destitute by the early death of her husband, yet obtained the reward of full praise, being intent not less on the duties of religion than on the pursuit of chastity. A widow, it is said, of fourscore and four years, a widow who departed not from the temple, a widow who served God night and day with fasting and with prayers.

St. Ambrose of Milan

St. Ambrose of Optina Saying

We should live on the earth as a wheel turns - as one point touches the earth, all the rest reaches upward; but we lie on the earth and cannot get up.

St. Ambrose of Optina

Archimandrite Sophrony

Prayer offered to God in truth is imperishable. Now and then we may forget what we have prayed about but God preserves our prayer forever.

Archimandrite Sophrony

يا الله الذي صنعت العظائم

يا الله الذي صنعت العظائم

يا الله من مثلك
مز71: 19

Also Your righteousness,
O God, is very high,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?
Ps. 71: 19

ان الله لا يمكن.. أن نعبر عنه بكلمات
لكننا نعرفه خلال قوته

القديس اكليمندس الإسكندري

God, can not be… expressed by words,
but is known through His power.

St. Clement of Alexandria

St. Nikolai Velimirovich

Patience, forgiveness and joy are the three greatest characteristics of divine love. They are characteristics of all real love - if there is such a thing as real love outside divine love. Without these three characteristics, love is not love. If you give the name 'love' to anything else, it is as though you were giving the name "sheep" to a goat or a pig.

Heart Purify

"As a blacksmith can do nothing without the help of fire, however skilled he may be in wielding his tools, so a man should do everything he can on his side to purify his heart, using virtues as tools for this purpose; but without fire of the Spirit, everything he does will remain inactive and useless for his aim, for by itself what he does is powerless to cleanse the soul of its dirt and foulness."

St. Simeon the New Theologian