If you are a friend of Christ you should have as friends persons who are of benefit to you and contribute to your way of life. Let your friends be men of peace, spiritual brethren, Holy Fathers. It is of such that our Lord was speaking when He said: My mother and brethren are those who do the Will of My Father Who is in Heaven. (Matthew 12:49-50).
– St. Theodoros the Great Ascetic of Edessa
Featured image: Mother Theodosia. source
