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Orthodox Quote for August 7

mbondsAugust 7, 2022No Comment 2022-08-01T20:07:44+00:00

“Whenever famine, plague, flood or war descended upon God’s people, it was interpreted as a wakeup call from Him unto repentance. They had abandoned the path of God which...

Daily Devotional for August 7-13

mbonds August 6, 2022 No Comment2022-08-06T06:46:23+00:00

Sunday Mark 1: The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your...

Orthodox Quote for August 6

mbonds August 6, 2022 No Comment2022-08-01T20:06:26+00:00

“It is for our singular innocence, our great honesty, our justice, purity, and love of truth, yes, it is for the living God that we are burned to death....

Orthodox Quote for August 5

mbonds August 5, 2022 No Comment2022-08-01T20:04:16+00:00

“Through Christian education, they themselves become the luminous torches of the spiritual life, living parables and true confessors of the Gospel of Christ’s merciful love for all people.” (Metropolitan...

Modern Orthodox Elders

Fr Daniel Sysoyev+ on Evil Men…

mbondsAugust 7, 2022No Comment 2022-08-07T09:23:42+00:00

The Lord takes away sinners when they have reached the limits of evil. That is also something obvious to us. The person carried on disgracefully, and the Lord took...

St Vasily on the Need for Consistency in Spiritual Life…

mbonds July 31, 2022 No Comment2022-07-03T08:07:20+00:00

The lack of constancy is disastrous for spiritual life. When a person sees for the first time the light of the gospel truth shining before him with dazzling brightness,...

Elder St Porphyrios on Truly Winning Debates…

mbonds July 24, 2022 No Comment2022-07-03T08:06:08+00:00

In debates, if you say a few words about religion you will prevail. Let person who has a different opinion give free rein to his thoughts and speak as...

Elder St Paisios on Fighting the Devil…

mbonds July 17, 2022 No Comment2022-07-03T08:04:35+00:00

When I’m speaking with someone and am about to say something which may be useful to him, someone else will come to interrupt, or there will be some distracting...