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Orthodox Daily Devotional for March 24-30

mbondsMarch 23, 2019No Comment 2019-03-23T20:16:35+00:00

Sunday I Thessalonians iv BRETHREN: We beseech you, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to...

Orthodox Quote for March 23

mbonds March 23, 2019 No Comment2019-03-18T10:01:58+00:00

“We do not obey the Creation: we obey the Creator. Our destiny, that is, God’s will for us, is higher than the stars.” (Quote from ‘Orthodox England’ on opposition to...

Orthodox Quote for March 22

mbonds March 22, 2019 No Comment2019-03-18T10:00:22+00:00

“You yourselves know that when a large building is built, every brick is accounted for, so that it will be properly placed. If it is not properly placed, it...

Orthodox Quote for March 21

mbonds March 21, 2019 No Comment2019-03-18T09:58:46+00:00

“It is revealing that those in the West who in the past excused and desired to be closer with Russia are the same people today who are leading the...

Modern Orthodox Elders

Elder St Paisios on Egoism

mbondsMarch 22, 2019No Comment 2019-03-02T13:22:32+00:00

“Look, there are some people who have some egoism and God gives them a slap so that they will lower themselves a little. Others have a little more egoism...

Elder St. Porphyrios on Silent Prayer

mbonds March 19, 2019 No Comment2019-03-02T13:20:53+00:00

“I repeated the prayer,‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, and new , horizons would open up. Tears of joy and gladness would flow from my yt eyes on...

Elder Joseph the Hesychast on Grace

mbonds March 17, 2019 No Comment2019-03-02T07:49:25+00:00

“So whatever good thing a person thinks, it is due to the grace And now, if you exert yourself in the prayer and pray continuously, if you read lives...

Metropolitan Ephrem Kyriakos on the ‘Civilization of the Flesh’

mbonds March 14, 2019 No Comment2019-03-02T07:46:12+00:00

“The world today, and especially the West, is more and more inclined toward secular, worldly life. This means that in its life it departs from the scope of God...