"The world in which we now live, no matter how beautiful it may be, is like a veil that separates us from both the kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness. There are times, however, when the shadow of the kingdom of darkness is cast over us; sometimes, we receive the luminous rays of the kingdom of light, which console us and sustain us. We must simply keep the gift of God in our heart, so as to be able to stand in that day when the Lord will shake heaven and earth. Then all those things which are created will pass away, and only those things that are marked by the uncreated grace of His Cross and Resurrection will remain forever."

Archimandrite Zacharias
Homily given during the Divine Liturgy on the last day of the Clergy Brotherhood Retreat, Friday, February 9, 2007.