Nihil Sine Deo

*Iulia*21 years*Orthodox*Romania* A blog about random interesting things that I like. And the central theme, the Eastern Orthodox church to whom I belong to.Plus everyday muses:) About me: Orthodoxy,Christendom,Saints, Iconography, Theology, Chants, Books, Eliade, Roses, Sweets, Cats, Cocoa, Theatre, Tea, Cinematography, Peonies, History, Opera, Travelling, Edelweiss, Hiking, Politics, Lilac, Classical music, Enescu, Folk, Photography, Vintage,Belle Epoque, Zamfir, Pan flute, Folklore, Dog Rose, Church Architecture,Brancusi, Philosophy, Noica, Art, Chrysanthemum, Grigorescu, Fans, Archaeology, Pro-life, Homesteading, Farm Life, Harvest, Wheat, Gardening, Jam, Health, Self-Sufficiency, Medicinal Herbs, Hemp Oil, Natural Healing, Nutrition, Soup, Anti-War, Home-schooling, Education, Forests, Fall, Rural life, Rain, Traditions. Avatar image taken by me at the country-side in my grandfather's garden.Yeah, and that's my hand:) Background and header-Cozia Monastery-taken by me :) Meaning of the name Oroles: http://oroles.tumblr.com/post/32670263997 "I automatically assume people won’t like me, so I don’t talk to them unless they approach me first. I can’t become a part of a crowd because I can’t get past that feeling that I don’t belong. “ — Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia "Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood … We loners … have a smaller tolerance for what it takes to be with others. It means having to perform. I get so tired of communicating “ — Anneli Rufu Struggle mightily to avoid judging others. God alone has the right to judge. - St Tikhon of Zadonsk The way of the Church is LOVE; it differs from the way of the legalists. The Church sees everything with tolerance and seeks to help each person, whatever he may have done, however sinful he may be. - Elder Paisios of Mt. Athos The Orthodox Church is not primarily an institution. Orthodox Christianity is not a series of rules to live by, nor is it a particular structure of church government. Orthodoxy is not a theological system, nor is its fullest expression limited to any particular period of history or cultural environment. Orthodoxy is nothing less than a relationship with God. - Archimandrite Meletios Webber, “Bread & Water, Wine & Oil: An Orthodox Christian Experience of God” We must learn to bow down before the will of God and not insist on our will. Obedience to the will of God is carried out through obedience to our elders, parents, teachers, and supervisors at work… If we have obedience we will understand what is required of us. - Elder Thaddeus Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but not everyone has the desire to labor towards this end. I am saying this because it is not enough merely to desire. You need to resolve firmly to achieve without fail that which you desire. You also need to resolve firmly to begin the process itself of labor towards this. - Saint Theophan the Recluse To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind. “ — St. Anthony the Great We're not Jewish, but we are Orthodox. We're not Roman, but we are Catholic. We're not Protestant, but the Bible came from us. We're not Denominational, we are Pre-Denominational. "We cannot give Christ to others unless we have welcomed Him into the central place in our own heart…" - Abbot Tryphon of Vashon Island "If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself." - St. Augustine "As a woman, you deserve a man who will slay the dragon within himself first, just as St. George." - Fr. John Moses of Virgina