St. John Maximovitch, Words and Sermons

By building temples here on earth, we are creating for ourselves eternal shelters in heaven. Decades will pass, our bodies will decay, perhaps nothing will remain of our bones. But our souls will live forever. Blessed is he who has prepared a dwelling place for his soul in the Heavenly chambers! Even if the churches that have been built are already destroyed, the names of their builders will be recorded in the eternal books of God and the prayers offered in them will be imprinted.