Orthodox Quote for July 21
“My child, fight the good fight of eternal life. Make a good beginning to obtain an excellent end. Keep your nous entirely engrossed in the recollection of Jesus, and...
Orthodox Quote for July 20
“Our faith must have philotimo [Christ-like outlook and attitude], and that’s where the philotimo-filled struggle begins. And the more we struggle with philotimo, the more our faith will increase,...
Sowing Good Seed…
“There was once a priest who never went on a vacation,” father begins his story. “When he finally was able to go on vacation, an abbess of a monastery...
Orthodox Quote for July 19
“If a person is overcome by dread, and becomes despairing of the End Times — whether they are Christian or secular — then they have not been thinking about...
Daily Devotional for July 19-25
Sunday 1 Peter: Dearly beloved: Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or railing...
Orthodox Quote for July 18
our souls whiter than snow (Ps. 50:7), • love of God and fellow creatures who are made in the image of God: this is the great commandment of God,...
Orthodox Quote for July 17
“I want people to know that Satan will use the passions to destroy you but, it won’t stop with you. Satan wants to see the passions destroy families as...
Orthodox Quote for July 16
“It’s the only church where you are required to adapt to it rather than it adapting to you…’The Marine Corps’ of Christianity.” (Comments on Orthodoxy noted by Frederica Mathewes-Green)
Protodeacon Patrick Mitchell on the Church and Government…
The technology, called “biochipping,” already exists and is being marketed as a personal convenience—no need to carry around credit cards, house keys, or health records—but it could conceivably be...
Orthodox Quote for July 15
“As children of the Resurrection our life in this world is a season of waiting. The tempests of time cannot blow their winds into a heart whose haven is...