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Sayings of the Holy Fathers... Geronda (Elder) Philotheos Zervakos #1

Sayings of the Holy Fathers... Geronda (Elder) Philotheos Zervakos #1 ~Are you a child of God? “O man, whether you are a king, dictator, patriarch, metropolitan, prime minister, minister, professor, lawyer, mechanic, officer, doctor, adult, child, man, woman, poor or rich, if you are not a child of God you are nothing. You are a zero, a miserable person, worthy of tears! If, however, you are a child of God, you are the happiest man on earth. Rejoice and be glad! You can say like the Holy Apostles: "I am poor but I make many wealthy, I have nothing and possess everything, because I am a child of God.” (2 Corinthians 6:10) I have God as Father. What is happier, more joyous, more honourable, more glorious and more blessed!” ~The universal apostasy “All have gone astray—rulers and hierarchs, ministers and generals, priests and monks, officers and soldiers, learned and unlearned, rich and poor, adults and children, men and women. From such a generation and such people let us not expect progress and improvement, but rather the coming sword and the last great wrath, which is coming upon the sons of disobedience. (Ephesians 5:6, Colossians 3:6) There are a few exceptions as well, and there are also a few elect for whose sake the Lord spares the many sinners. But the elect are so few that I fear they will not be able to restrain the just wrath and indignation of God against the sinners. And there shall come great wrath from the Lord Almighty and tribulation the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world up to now. O sinners, where shall we flee? Let us take refuge in God alone and let us be ready, because the end of the present age is at hand.” ~The calendar “I do not agree with the attitude of those Old Calendarists who believe and proclaim that the sacraments of the New Calendarists are invalid because they lack the old calendar. The sacraments would be invalid in the event that priests were to call upon the new or the old calendar to descend from Heaven to sanctify the precious gifts. Nonetheless they call upon the Holy Spirit and He comes down, and the faithful partake of the Body and Blood of Christ. It is a great delusion and heresy for one to think that without the old calendar a sacrament cannot be performed... Woe to the unworthy priests and in particular to those who have enmity among themselves. The holy angels stand by with fear and trembling during the hours of the sacred services and liturgies. Yet we sinful people stand by like beasts and then boast that we are genuine Orthodox, because we firmly cling to the old calendar in the belief that this alone is sufficient for salvation.” “The calendar is not God, in case we should think that only the old calendar will save us, as certain fanatical Old Calendarists have thought and imagined. When Christ came into the world, He did not teach old and new calendars. He taught love, humility, meekness, patience, righteousness, abstinence and modesty. Read the Holy Gospel, the source of truth, light and righteousness, and you will see that it refers nowhere to the calendars... All the saints became sanctified, not by the calendars, but by prayers, fasts, vigils and other toils which they endured for the love of God and the acquisition of heavenly goods. All the people who are being saved and are going to be saved, will be saved not by old and new calendars, but by fervent faith and love towards God and by their good works... So if you want to be saved, follow Christ and not calendars, because salvation is from God and not from the calendars.” ~Consolation of the sick “So you should rejoice, because you are a sister (or brother) of our Christ and God! What a great honour, what a great fortune that God calls us His brothers! It follows that He also loves us. The Lord chastises those whom He loves. (Hebrews 12:6; Proverbs 3:11-12)... And having been chastised a little they will be greatly benefited, says the Holy Spirit. God will greatly benefit the sick people whom He loves and chastises in order to test them, to see their patience, faith and love. He will bestow on them His heavenly kingdom, the heavenly and eternal good things of Paradise.” Reached capacity: