Fr. Charalampos Papadopoulos
Pain is an opportunity to see our values again, no matter how we lived before. Only pain, only a catastrophe will help do this.
To dispose of the hierarch, the Bolsheviks led him into a forest and ordered him to dig his own grave. After completing the task, the archbishop prayed to the Lord and lay down in the freshly dug pit. His tormentors immediately began burying him alive.
Growing up, a man understands that pain is a structural part of his life; no one can avoid it; we will all certainly encounter it. Anxiety and questions arise in the soul of man—many questions.
Priest Alban Illingworth
What is the solution to the sufferings of those who come to us with mental illness? Or, more properly, how can the Church help such people?
Fr. Lawrence Farley
The Ascension also means that Christ is still with us—and in fact is nearer to us than ever.
