There is no better way to teach a child Christianity than to live it truly and from the heart. You cannot teach what you do not live. (Silouan the Athonite)

There is no better way to teach a child Christianity than to live it truly and from the heart. You cannot teach what you do not live.

Silouan the Athonite

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