St. Leo the Great
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The Father was indeed present in the Son, and in the Lord's brightness, which He had tempered to the disciples' sight, the Father's Essence was not separated from the Only-begotten: but, in order to emphasize the two-fold personality, as the effulgence of the Son’s body displayed the Son to their sight, so the Father's voice from out the cloud announced the Father to their hearing.
Dr. Christopher Veniamin
A study of his sermon reveals the saint understood the light of Transfiguration as a manifestation of divinity—consistent with Orthodox theology as later more fully elucidated.
Dr. Constantine Cavarnos
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The Holy Elder Philotheos (Zervakos) points out the qualities of the good Confessor or Spiritual Father using St. Arsenios of Paros (1800-1877) as his exemplar. These qualities are particularly the following: humility, gentleness, patience, discernment, compassion and love. These virtues, he says, Father Arsenios eminently possessed.
St. Nikolai Velimirovich
There was a great persecution of Christians during the reign of Decius. The emperor himself came to Ephesus and there arranged a boisterous and noisy celebration in honor of the lifeless idols as well as a terrible slaughter of Christians. Seven young men, soldiers, refrained from the impure offering of sacrifices and they earnestly prayed to the one God to save the Christian people. They were the sons of the most influential elders of Ephesus and their names were Maximilian, Jamblichus, Martin [Martinian], John, Dionysius, Exacustodianus, and Antonin [Antoninus].
Greeks consider the Dormition of Theotokos on August 15 to be the “Easter” of summer and celebrate it with great splendor throughout the country.