Orthodox Quote for August 3
“It is better to be glorified than ashamed and better to be blessed than cursed, just as life is better than death and health is better than disease and...
Sergei Komarov on Christians and Love…
“In the first centuries of Christianity, entering the Church meant a fundamental change in someone’s life. Rare exceptions apart, no one was accepted into a Christian community immediately. A...
Orthodox Quote for August 2
“Hopefully, on a personal level, the primary response all of us have had to the COVID crisis has been prayer—the prayer of repentance, the sobering remembrance of our individual...
Daily Devotional for August 2 – 8
Sunday Romans 6:19… I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity...
Orthodox Quote for August 1
“When we make plans, there is no guarantee they will happen, but if we hope to God, we can trust that whatever the outcome may be will be in...
Orthodox Quote for July 31
“Help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown. Give me the Faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You.” (Prayer of St. Brendan...
Orthodox Quote for July 30
“Therefore it is no God dwelling far off from us that we seek, Whom if we merit it we have within us. For He resides in us like soul...
Elder St. Paisios on Moderation in the Struggle…
“The struggle requires the following: First, one should provide his body with whatever it needs – sleep, food, and so on. Then, he should aim at cutting off his spiritual...
Orthodox Quote for July 29
“The wise men of the world tried in vain, both before and after Christ, to convince the nations that God is impersonal. They poured water through a sieve. But...
Orthodox Quote for July 28
“Is the number of Christians shrinking? The issue is not one of quantity, but one of quality. The Apostles were twelve in number and they won the entire world...