“Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.”
Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
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“Pray and rejoice. God will arrange everything.”
Saint Paisios the Athonite
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“Take delight in all things that surround us. All things teach us and lead us to God.”
Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia
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“Live and experience the joy of the Resurrection. Do not be afraid to be filled with joy, because where there is a lack of joy, Christ is absent.”
Archbishop Makarios of Australia
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“If something good happened – bless God, and the good will remain. If something bad happened – bless God, and the bad will transform. Glory to God for all things!
Saint John Chrysostom
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“It is a great consolation for someone to see a joyful person.”
Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
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“Happiness is a pure heart, for such a heart becomes the Throne of God.”
Saint Nektarios of Aegina
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“Pray in peace and serenity, sing intelligently and in a good state – and you will be like a young eagle soaring high in the sky.”
Saint Nilus of Sinai
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“We ought to be joyful all the time. Our life should always be a daily surprise. Not a day passes without God giving us a new sense of Eternal Life.”
Saint Sophrony of Essex
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“Happiness is found within ourselves, and blessed is the man who has understood this.”
Saint Nektarios of Aegina
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“Cheerfulness is not a sin. It drives away weariness, for from weariness there is sometimes dejection, and there is nothing worse than that.”
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
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“A Soul that’s been wounded by Divine Love is always glad, it rejoices, it leaps and dances, because it’s as buoyant in the Love of the Lord as if it were riding on calm waters.
Saint Nektarios of Aegina
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“Laughter has been implanted in our Soul, that the Soul may sometime be refreshed.”
Saint John Chrysostom
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