There is no profit in studying doctrines unless the life of one’s soul is acceptable and conforms to God’s will. The cause of all evils is delusion, self-deception and ignorance of God.
Featured image: Diptych from the vestry of Ipatevskii Monastery. Kostroma. Photographer Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1911. Prokudin-Gorskiĭ Collection, Library of Congress