Author of quotes: Archpriest Andrei Tkachev

The war has not started, the war is ending. And the one who did not know that it began and has been going on for a long time is just a bastard. <...> The damned Maidan is the root and fault of everything that is happening. No need to look for someone else to blame. Blame the Maidan and those who staged it. <...> Time must pass between sowing and reaping. Sowed eight years ago - reap. And how did you want? If you had sown yesterday and reaped today, then of course it would be enough for the cat's mind to understand what you get for. But since they sowed a long time ago, they have already forgotten why. Solomon also said: “There is a time between sowing and reaping, therefore the sons of men do not understand the meaning of punishment.” Time passes between deed and fruit, between good and reward, between sin and punishment. And we forget, and therefore the sons of men are in no hurry to correct themselves. <...> Be calm and know that not for a millimeter God has retreated from his Church and from his people. <...> The Lord knows how to deliver his own, and the Lord knows how to bring to judgment those who deserve this judgment. <...> Not a single Russian has ever sung the song “Kill Ukrainians”, and we have heard enough of “Muscovite for Gilyak”. But we have never sung such songs, and we will never sing - we are not fools, we are God's people. <...> Therefore, brothers and sisters, anyone who can rejoice in war is only an unscrupulous person. This is grief, this is trouble, this is a cross, this is heaviness. These are experiences, these are tears, this is prayer. But there are things that cannot be done. None of us scolds surgeons for hurting the sick so that he can be healed. And many other things happen in life, when you want it, don't want it - but you have to. And it's unpleasant - but you have to. Maybe not? Necessary. It would hurt, of course, it would not have been necessary, it would have been better in a different way - but you did not want to. <...> Like any conflict, like any trouble, this trouble will go through the hearts, through the families. As it always happens, some will say: “What are you, what are you ...”, others will say: “Well, what did you want? It was coming to this. Don't you know that this has been going on for a very long time?" So much blood has already been shed there over these last, I repeat, eight years. But people who are invested with power and strength must do their job to the end. Here it is no longer possible to turn away, a step forward, a step back - this will not work. We must go to the end, to the logical conclusion and to the complete completion of all this swine outrage that began eight years ago. <...> We do not call anyone an enemy, except the devil. We will pray to God and worry about our brothers and sisters on both sides of the conflict. <...> Merciful Christ may have mercy, may he purify, may he strengthen those faithful ones by name. And the Lord knows his faithful.

The happiness of a woman is not many men, but one! And more living children and no one killed on the conscience. And the happiness of a man is a kind wife, whom God gives as a reward to a person for his right life or as a guarantee of a future right life.

The Church celebrates Easter more than once a year. If only once a year there was Easter, we would forget about it, and it would be spent with us everyday. And Easter is celebrated by the Church 52 times a year - as many times as there are Sundays in a year. Every Sunday is a small Easter.

God is not sorry to pour out all kinds of benefits on people, so long as people do not turn into insatiable monsters. If only they did not forget about the One Who is the Source of all blessings, and they raised grateful eyes to Heaven.

Leave the place where you do not feel in your place ... Look for something that will give peace to your soul.

Tolerance is a sign of indifference.

In a wife, you need to learn to love every wrinkle, while noticing in it not only today's features, but also “those” that once captivated you, and now gone deep into the depths that only you alone can revive.

The Lord does not fit into a thousand little things. He will always be more than any rule

A sure sign of a properly passable life is the alternation of some sorrows and burdens with others, with continued hope. Difficulties threaten to become false and pernicious when despair follows. At this point, there is a threat that the labors will perish without giving fruit. Where there are labors, there will be joys and sorrows. And if there is no despair in grief, but there is hope, then this is a sign of a properly passed life. A grieving person does not fall into charm. He may become embittered, but it will not be lovely, but a kind of nervousness. But when everything is always good, then there are serious reasons for alarm. Here we must be afraid of spiritual charm..

In prayer, fruit is first given, and then work is required. According to human reasoning, the sequence of the process is broken here. After all, in ordinary life first - work, and then - the fruit. And then first the fruit was eaten, then you need fruitless, dry work in the hope of obtaining a future fruit. It's a divine thing.
In the psalm, which is singed at the wedding, there are such words: "Bear down your fruits: blessed is he, and good will be to you." You will not eat the fruits of labor, but the labors of fruits. In other words, the fruit is given in advance, and then there will be labors, and you will be satisfied with the "labors of fruits." And this is not a mistake, and not a play on words, as many translators thought. Indeed, the fruits are given before labor. When people marry, they first eat sweets, and only then - bitter. What is this? Maybe all my life worked out those quickly eaten sweet fruits? No. This is different - so the spouses prepare for the gifts of the future. At the beginning of marriage, intimacy and joy are given, and then labor begins - to give birth, work, educate, endure, get sick, grieve. In the end, the spouses expect genuine fruits, much larger than the first.

The book itself is a moral phenomenon. The writer either shares knowledge or rings the bells, worrying about some problem of the world, sharing his anxiety with the reader.
Creating a book is a mysterious process. Therefore, I repeat again, I think that it is easier for people who are generally immersed in reading to become interested in the truth and find Christ. Until that time, they are in search.

Russian people who read a lot are in an active search for a living God. For me it is beyond doubt.

The greatest occupation on earth is praying to God.

A person who is open to teaching is a very interesting person. He consults with everyone, looks at everyone as potential teachers, but does not open his heart to everyone. And rightly so.