Orthodox Quote for March 10
“Fasting is not hunger, but a little abstinence from food, not an inevitable punishment, but a voluntary continence, not a servile necessity, but a free selection of the wise....
Orthodox Quote for March 9
“By our good works we help God very little, and by our evil deeds we do Him no harm. But by our good works we help ourselves, and by...
Elder St Porphyrios on Wisdom in Giving Penance
“The confessor has the power to bind and to loose. I remembered one of Saint Basil’s Rules, and I took that as my basic guideline and changed my tactics...
Orthodox Quote for March 8
“What holds the church together is the holy Eucharist, communion in the Body and Blood of Christ. That is the essential thing that the Church does and which nobody...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for March 8 – 14
Sunday Matthew 6:16: At that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: when ye fast, be – not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that...
Orthodox Quote for March 7
“You attend church services, keep the faith, receive Holy Communion, read Orthodox books. But it is possible to do all this almost mechanically, without going deeper into Orthodoxy. Therefore,...
Orthodox Quote for March 6
“When the remembrance of death is diligently meditated upon, it provides great strength in the beginning when one ineffective then, for every mouth shall be silenced with no excuse....
Orthodox Quote for March 5
“The source of forgiving our neighbors, of not judging them, is included in seeing (acknowledging) our sins.” (St Tikhon of Moscow, Homily During Lent)
Orthodox Quote for March 3
“The proud sin greatly who…do not endeavor to come to know the thoughts of the prophets and apostles, but seek out from the scriptures inappropriate texts for their own...
Orthodox Quote for March 2
“People don’t realize what’s good and what’s sin anymore. They therefore fling open the gates and allow all sorts of muck in, and they think it’s normal. Later they...