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Orthodox Quote for July 21

mbondsJuly 21, 2017No Comment 2017-07-15T21:34:28+00:00

“Those who trust in the things of this life are in no better situation than the sparrow, which relies on the wilderness and is prey to all. People who...

Orthodox Quote for July 20

mbonds July 20, 2017 No Comment2017-07-15T21:31:04+00:00

“God has also allowed death to infiltrate into human life, not in order to punish us, but to bless us. Even though death wears the mask of evil, it...

Orthodox Quote for July 19

mbonds July 19, 2017 No Comment2017-07-15T21:28:05+00:00

“When the mind moves in prayer, divine grace comes in a split second. The person then becomes full of grace and sees everything with different eyes. The important thing...

Orthodox Quote for July 18

mbonds July 18, 2017 No Comment2017-07-15T21:18:02+00:00

“So long as we work for our bread, it doesn’t matter what our job is. Of Adam’s sons, one was a farmer the other a herdsman. All occupations are...

Orthodox Quote for July 17

mbonds July 17, 2017 No Comment2017-07-13T10:19:33+00:00

“Prayer, fasting, vigil and all other Christian activities, however good they may be in themselves, do not constitute the aim of our Christian life, although they serve as the...

Orthodox Quote for July 16

mbonds July 16, 2017 No Comment2017-07-13T10:17:32+00:00

“Repentance, or rather the person who repents, begins with asking God to forgive him his trespasses. As long as he does not repeat the deeds for which he repents,...

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Going Nuts about St. Paisios

mbondsJuly 19, 2017No Comment 2017-07-19T13:01:53+00:00

One need look no further than July 11 in Greece to see an example of how the ‘world’ twists facts in an attempt to discredit the Faith. It...

Gleanings: Mt. Athos’ Unique Burial Practice

mbonds July 10, 2017 No Comment2017-07-10T20:53:05+00:00

~ The following in an excerpt from an article in Now let’s take a look at the following scenario: a monk in one of the Athonite monasteries reposes...

Grains of Wisdom: Finding God’s Will

mbonds July 6, 2017 No Comment2017-07-04T20:52:50+00:00

How can we know God’s will today without being mistaken? Move according to the law of faith, for Abram knew and loved Him Who told Him to so, and...

Grains of Wisdom: From a Dying Child

mbonds July 4, 2017 No Comment2017-07-04T08:27:30+00:00

She was struck by acute leukemia. With incomparable silence and endurance, with an expression of great sweetness shining constantly from her pale little face, she faced all the aggressive...

Grains of Wisdom: Give Thanks for Everything

mbonds June 26, 2017 No Comment2017-06-23T10:41:28+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...