Orthodox Quote for August 31
“Our prayers are not heard because we are not worthy. You must become worthy in order to pray…Those who desire and crave to belong to Christ and who abandon...
Fr. Michael on Personal Prayer
“The problem for most of us who live in the urban environment is that we have no way of daily escaping into the natural world which was the spiritual...
Orthodox Quote for August 30
“It often seems to us that God is silent. Or even more precisely, that God is absent. Often we seek God and want Him to do something, but He...
Orthodox Quote for August 29
“Judgment is a very serious matter. The right to judge is God’s alone. How awesome is His judgment! Those who are in a position to judge others may have...
Elder Anthimos+ on True Repentance
“Today young people have an egotistical outlook. They do not easily agree to submit to the Church. Every youth has his own understanding. All of them are unsubmissive and...
Orthodox Quote for August 28
“Don’t be troubled if you don’t feel the love of God in yourself, but think about the Lord, that He is merciful, and guard yourself from sins, and the...
Orthodox Quote for August 27
“…God did not create man the way He created the rest of nature, but in a particular manner. And above all, He gave him authority over all of nature....
Orthodox Quote for August 26
“We must rejoice when others do not acknowledge our efforts and do not repay us, because then these efforts will be taken into account by God, and He will...
Fr. George Maximov on Apostasy and Christian Struggle
“Christianity is not simply the acceptance of some abstract God and a set of popular moral prescriptions. Christians believe in Jesus Christ—God Who became Man, Who does not simply...
Orthodox Quote for August 25
“Just as people do not enter a war in order to enjoy war, but in order to be saved from war, so we do not enter this world in...