St. John Chrysostom

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Lack of Love Is the Cause of all Sorrows

People who love someone will not want to receive anything from their partner but will give him everything they have. And, certainly, we are happier this way than if we would be to receive something.…
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Raising a Child Is the Finest Art

A good children education is by excellence the work of the mother, who watches upon the good education and the development of the child’s behaviour, especially concerning the salvation of his soul.
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We shall not seek wealth but a good wife for our soul

The promiscuous and licentious woman, even if she had a lot of treasures, she will waste it as quick as the wind and will bring to her husband poverty and many other problems.
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Show your wife plenty of love

 “I chose you because I like your behaviour, cleverness, wisdom, kindness and purity. Because I have learned to undervalue fortune as something fruitless.”
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Pray together for a tight knit family!

When your children will say “Holy God” they will hear the chants of the angels, who were once seen by a child in Constantinople in the time of the patriarch Proclus. When they will read “It is truly…
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The legacy of parents to their sons: the guard and help of God

Do you want God to love you? Then make him your debtor, lending him the aims given to the poor. Don’t entrust people with your money. Do you want your children to be rich? Then live them the…
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Mothers, teach your children pray!

As “mother” and “father” are the first words in children’s vocabulary, in a similar way his first conversations with God should start with “Theotokos” and “our Father”.
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When you are seeking for a wife, ask God

If you are looking for a wife, don’t seek the help of people, but ask God. Tell him “Whoever you want, that one send her to me, through your Grace.”
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