Your greatest joy is to have a son who sanctifies the Precious Gifts, whose honor it is to forgive sins, and who intercedes constantly for your family. Had he become a king, he would not have obtained the glory of a priest. During the Divine Liturgy the priest is higher than the angels because even the angels at that hour tremble as they serve at the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist.
Elder Amphilokhios of Patmos (+1970)
The priest's cassock is superior to trousers. A cassock has double grace!
Blessed Papa-Dimitri Gagastathis (+1975)
When one bishop asked Hieromonk Callistratus, the saintly abbot of the Monastery of Mileseva,
"What is the most important thing for a priest?", he answered, "The most important thing for a priest is to communicate—first with the Master, afterwards with the lords of the Master's servants, and finally with the Master's servants. The Master is He who is called the Christ, the lords of the Master's servants are the Saints, and the Master's servants are the people of this world. For it has been said, he who communicates only with the Master's servants does not care about the Master, and provokes the wrath of the Master."
St Nikolai Velimirovich (+1956)
God lights the priest up as a lamp and places him upon the lamp stand of His light-bearing throne.
Saint Isidore of Pelusium (+449)
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