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Orthodox Quote for July 11

mbondsJuly 11, 2020No Comment 2020-07-09T10:36:13+00:00

“Go to church in a different spirit, not with pushing and shoving, but with pleasure and joy. For this to happen, you must pay attention and take pleasure and...

Orthodox Quote for July 10

mbonds July 10, 2020 No Comment2020-07-09T10:28:02+00:00

“…when people who’ve received the seeds of good aren’t vigilant, they’re susceptible to the opposite seeds from the enemy of our life and these give rise to the weed...

Orthodox Quote for July 9

mbonds July 9, 2020 No Comment2020-07-05T20:53:42+00:00

“Christ calls to follow. For us to follow he must be ahead. All we need to do is to put our feet in his footsteps as he lights the...

Orthodox Quote for July 8

mbonds July 8, 2020 No Comment2020-07-05T20:52:43+00:00

“We have not known them as such in history. They did not show up, being humble persons…The saint only knows that he is a sinner. He who considers himself...

Modern Orthodox Elders

Thoughts on Death…

mbondsJuly 8, 2020No Comment 2020-07-04T10:35:14+00:00

“Death is the mysterious center of our existence. Whether our awareness is focused upon it or not, we are all hurling towards the inevitable end of our mortal frame. What...

Fr. Philip LeMasters on Cultivating Faith…

mbonds July 5, 2020 No Comment2020-07-04T07:48:43+00:00

Our faith and trust must be in the God with Whom “we have peace… through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Because He has entered fully into death itself, risen from...

Simeon Archbishop of Thessalonica+ on the Jesus Prayer Continued…

mbonds June 24, 2020 No Comment2020-06-20T08:17:43+00:00

“The clergy must be diligent in this prayer as though it were apostolic work and divine preaching, as the one activity which brings about divine effects – one which...

Simeon Archbishop of Thessalonica+ on the Jesus Prayer

mbonds June 21, 2020 No Comment2020-06-20T08:15:49+00:00

“Let every pious man continually repeat this Name as a prayer in his mind and with his tongue. Let him always constrain himself to do this while standing, travelling,...