“There is no profit in studying doctrines unless one’s soul conforms to God’s will.”

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.

– St. Anthony the Great

Featured image: Diptych from the vestry of Ipatevskii Monastery. Kostroma. Photographer Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1911. Prokudin-Gorskiĭ Collection, Library of Congress