Orthodox Quote for July 5
“In the Monastery of the Flavians in Asia Minor, the Turks had captured a man and slaughtered him. Then they told his wife, ‘Either deny Christ or we will...
Fr. Philip LeMasters on Cultivating Faith…
Our faith and trust must be in the God with Whom “we have peace… through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Because He has entered fully into death itself, risen from...
Daily Devotional for July 5 – 11
Sunday Luke 15:1 … At that time: There drewnear unto Jesus all the publicans and – sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes mur- mured, saying, This...
Orthodox Quote for July 4
“If the focus of our lives extends no further than what we eat, drink, wear, and possess, we will never know the hope and peace that arise from entrusting...
Orthodox Quote for July 3
“Without faith, the desire of the rich and powerful to bleed the poor pale for the sake of profit, and the wish of the oppressed to taste of the...
Orthodox Quote for July 2
“A serious reader who reflects upon what he has read will come to see that in a mystical manner, the writings of the Apostle Paul are contemporary: it would...
Orthodox Quote for July 1
“The diversity of the Saints gathered in communion in the love of the Most Holy Trinity shows us the beauty of the Church…‘God is wonderful in the richness of...
Orthodox Quote for June 30
“…‘The Church thought up fasting’. All such ideas simply come from ignorance. The first commandment – given to human beings in paradise – is the commandment of fasting. But...
Orthodox Quote for June 29
“Just as a person suffocates without air, so the soul without prayer becomes dead and insensitive.” (Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev in ‘Orthodox Life’)
Orthodox Quote for June 28
“Keep in mind that we have nothing of our own. God has given us everything; whatever we have is God’s. Only the sins are ours. If we do not...