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Orthodox Quote for June 26

mbondsJune 26, 2017No Comment 2017-06-19T10:29:32+00:00

“Do not shift everything off on the clergy; you can do much yourselves, you know each other better than we do.” (St. John Chrysostom Homily 30 on Hebrews)

Orthodox Quote for June 25

mbonds June 25, 2017 No Comment2017-06-17T21:51:56+00:00

“Man seeks joy and happiness in heaven. He seeks what is eternal far from everyone and everything. He seeks to find joy in God. God is a mystery. He...

Orthodox Quote for June 24

mbonds June 24, 2017 No Comment2017-06-17T21:49:40+00:00

“Let us not then make our prayer by the gesture of our body, nor by the loudness of our voice, but by the earnestness of our mind: neither with...

Orthodox Quote for June 23

mbonds June 23, 2017 No Comment2017-06-17T21:47:19+00:00

“Do not be so poorly disposed toward God as to think that he is too weak to avenge, for he is also strong. What reason is there, then, that...

Orthodox Quote for June 22

mbonds June 22, 2017 No Comment2017-06-17T21:45:30+00:00

“It isn’t natural for man to work every hour and lose touch with his family. Children are growing up in households where parents are becoming distant figures. And the...

Orthodox Quote for June 21

mbonds June 21, 2017 No Comment2017-06-17T21:43:00+00:00

“Do not only prayer, but meditate. This means sitting in silence for 10 or 15 minutes each day, and trying to clear your mind of all clutter, simply sitting...

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Grains of Wisdom: Give Thanks for Everything

mbondsJune 26, 2017No Comment 2017-06-23T10:41:28+00:00

People who don’t learn to thank God for everything, especially for adversity, will never advance even an inch beyond where they were when their mothers bore them. They’ll make...

Analysis: Loving the World in Greece

mbonds June 23, 2017 No Comment2017-06-23T10:12:48+00:00

The well-known economic hardships in Greece led to the election a few years ago of a leftist government headed by atheist Alexis Tsipras. Hardships haven’t really gotten any less but...

Modern Miracles: Icon from the Sea

mbonds June 16, 2017 No Comment2017-06-16T08:16:25+00:00

A ‘pod’ (group/school) of dolphins tossed a mud-caked icon of the Theotokos on a be beach in Sochi, Russia, on May 17. The event was witnessed by several people on...

Grains of Wisdom: Praying vs Wishing

mbonds May 29, 2017 No Comment2017-05-29T07:50:30+00:00

The Holy Spirit gives wings to our prayer! How radically different it is when instead of “wishing” for something, we invoke Christ’s name and pray for the grace of...

Grains of Wisdom: The Presence of God

mbonds May 24, 2017 No Comment2017-05-23T13:07:00+00:00

Τhe remembrance of God is that precious virtue that kept Joseph from sinning while all alone and very young in Egypt, a country known for its immorality and idolatry....

Grains of Wisdom: The Jesus Prayer

mbonds May 20, 2017 No Comment2017-05-20T21:20:50+00:00

The whole of the venerable Elder’s life was his continual meditation in the Prayer of Jesus. He tried to apply the command of Paul, “pray without ceasing”. Every evening...