After the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, death ceased to be a departure into the darkness of oblivion.
In the Church we have the hands of Christ, His lips and eyes, as well as His heart. His hands are the rites of the Church, the tongue and lips of Christ are is Gospel, and His eyes are the holy Sacraments, through which he peers into our souls. His heart is the Divine Liturgy.
Marina Chizhova
Such a brilliant, fiery preacher and chanter of the Divine Liturgy as the bishop of Dimitrov, St. Seraphim (Zvezdinsky), Moscow never saw. It is not without reason that people called him the “Moscow Argyrostom” (Silver-tongued). But his main sermon was his life, which was a complete example of patient, unmurmuring, martyric cross-bearing.
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko) of Zaporozhye and Melitopol
Today as I took a bite of a peach, I stopped in amazement. How could such a taste and smell have been created! This is exquisite! Exquisite, just like everything the Creator has created.
St. Stephan of Fileika
If you want to enter into the joy of the Lord and live eternally with Him, be zealous to emulate the Apostle Paul who says: But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection (1 Cor. 9:27).