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Orthodox Quote for November 28

mbondsNovember 28, 2022No Comment 2022-11-24T20:05:43+00:00

“You attend church services, keep the faith, receive Holy Communion, read Orthodox books. But it is possible to do all this almost mechanically, without going deeper into Orthodoxy. Therefore,...

Orthodox Quote for November 27

mbonds November 27, 2022 No Comment2022-11-24T20:03:28+00:00

“The first Adam sinned by eating. Christ prevailed by self-control. He thus teaches that there is no need for us to stay far away from God, even if we...

Daily Devotional for November 27 – December 3

mbonds November 26, 2022 No Comment2022-11-26T13:02:56+00:00

Sunday Ecclesiasticus 3: Hear me your father, O children, and do thereafter, that ye may be safe. 2For the Lord hath given the father honour over the children, and...

Orthodox Quote for November 26

mbonds November 26, 2022 No Comment2022-11-24T20:01:41+00:00

“The world needs prayer… The world doesn’t need some special wisdom and intelligence—the world needs prayer. The world needs saints…” (Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia, October Homily)

Modern Orthodox Elders

St Nikolai Velimirovich on Trails That Come…

mbondsNovember 12, 2022No Comment 2022-11-05T21:21:31+00:00

What does it mean to take up your cross? It means the willing acceptance, at the hand of Providence, of every means of healing, that is offered, bitter though...

An Anonymous Parable About Salvation…

mbonds November 6, 2022 No Comment2022-11-05T21:20:28+00:00

A certain judge, a righteous Muslim, invited to his house an Orthodox Abbot who was ascetising in a monastery nearby. As they were having dinner, he asked the abbot:...

Martyr Archbishop John of Riga on Accepting Trials…

mbonds October 30, 2022 No Comment2022-10-03T17:51:47+00:00

It is true when they say that a man tolerates least of all his own well-being. Days of happiness, days of success, when everything goes according to one’s wishes-how...

Elder St Porphyrios on Pentecost…

mbonds October 30, 2022 No Comment2022-10-08T13:41:51+00:00

A little further on we read, and fear came upon every soul. This ‘fear’ was not exactly fear. It was something else, something alien, something incomprehensible, .something we cannot say...