“St Isaac urges, God's taking of our humanity is to be understood not only as an act of restoration, not only as a response to man's sin, but also and more fundamentally as an act of love, an expression of… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“For the Orthodox tradition, then, Adam's original sin affects the human race in its entirety, and it has consequences both on the physical and the moral level: it, results not only in sickness and physical death, but in moral weakness… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
The entire cosmos is one vast burning bush, permeated by the fire of the divine power and glory — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“If I do not feel a sense of joy in God's creation, if I forget to offer the world back to God with thankfulness,… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“I know that the Immovable comes down; I know that the Invisible appears to me; I know that he who is far outside the… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“the ultimate purpose of the spiritual Way is not just a person who says prayers from time to time, but a person who is… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“St Isaac urges, God's taking of our humanity is to be understood not only as an act of restoration, not only as a response… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
Fr. Amphilochios, the geronta or elder on the island of Patmos when I first stayed there, would have been in full agreement. Do you… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“The Christian God is not just a unit but a union, not just unity but community. There” — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“The bodies of our fellow human beings must be treated with more care than our own. Christian love teaches us to give our brethren… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“Love and hatred are not merely subjective feelings, affecting the inward universe of those who experience them, but they are also objective forces, altering… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
“Our faith in the Trinity puts us under an obligation to struggle at every level, from the strictly personal to the highly organized, against… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
