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Orthodox Quote for June 21

mbondsJune 21, 2018No Comment 2018-06-16T09:46:00+00:00

“God arranged that the body can help the soul. But when the forces of the soul (mind, will, and feelings) begin to serve the body, when the body manages...

Orthodox Quote for June 20

mbonds June 20, 2018 No Comment2018-06-16T09:44:10+00:00

““Be kind to everyone you meet, for each carries a heavy burden.” Other lines come to mind, and I paraphrase: ‘Take nothing personally’ and ‘If we knew everything about...

Orthodox Quote for June 18

mbonds June 18, 2018 No Comment2018-06-16T09:37:31+00:00

“Moses is not God, neither is an angel of God god, but both Moses and the angel are objects of God’s force and God’s Will and God is the...

Orthodox Quote for June 17

mbonds June 17, 2018 No Comment2018-06-16T09:34:04+00:00

“Great is he who has more humility. God gives grace to the person who has fear of God and obeys everyone like a small child and constantly seeks God’s...

Modern Orthodox Elders

Elder St. Porphyrios on Passionate Love of God

mbondsJune 17, 2018No Comment 2018-06-15T20:49:47+00:00

“In the Song of Songs the bride says of Christ the Bridegroom,’ I sleep but my heart awakes. The voice of my beloved knocks at the door.’ The bride...

St. Nikolai Velimirovich on Seeing Our Real Selves

mbonds June 15, 2018 No Comment2018-06-11T20:23:22+00:00

“Others have told you that you have an ugly passion, but you did not believe it. Why didn’t you? Do you now know that the ugliness of our face...

Elder St. Paisios on Obtaining a Spiritual Crown

mbonds June 12, 2018 No Comment2018-06-11T20:20:27+00:00

“For the athlete to be crowned with victory takes patience, philotimo and spiritual bravery. Bravery stems from a heart filled with philotimo; and when one does something with his...

Elder St Paisios on the Preeminent Virtues

mbonds June 10, 2018 No Comment2018-06-02T14:02:20+00:00

“love and humility. As soon as these two virtues are nurtured, pride and evil will become malnourished and the passions will start to perish. In this way, one by...