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There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God.


Ryszard Kapuscinski


#first #god #oppressive #orthodox #positively

I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and brought Islam. There were three brothers in the family. One was Orthodox Christian. The other two took Islam to survive.


Emir Kusturica


#bosnian #brothers #brought #came #christian

The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians.


Robert Shea


#christians #driven #hierarchical #orthodox #out

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.


Francis Schaeffer


#orthodoxy #surely #thing #ugliest #without

(About changing faith) At our best, Christians embrace it, leaving enough space within orthodoxy for God to surprise us every now and then.


Rachel Held Evans


#christianity #evolution #faith #god #mystery

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything, than when we are at play.


Charles Schaefer


#freedom #fun #maturity #orthodoxy #play

Our life depends on the kind of thoughts we nurture. If our thoughts are peaceful, calm, meek, and kind, then that is what our life is like. If our attention is turned to the circumstances in which we live, we are drawn into a whirlpool of thoughts and can have neither peace nor tranquility.


Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica


#eastern-orthodoxy #life #peace #thinking #thoughts

Humility is a Divine property and the perfection of the Christian life. It is attained through obedience. He who is not obedient cannot gain humility. There are very few in the world today who have obedience. Our humility is in proportion to our obedience.


Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica


#eastern-orthodoxy #humility #obedience #life

The whole teaching of the Gospel is really a teaching about loving. The fact that we fall short of it condemns us, but doesn't make its declaration less true.


Metropolitan Anthony Bloom


#gospel #love #orthodoxy #love

A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.


St. Anthony the Great


#christian #coptic #modernity #orthodox #saint






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