Elder Sophrony on Individualized Asceticism
“…you will arrange their [modern novices] asceticism according to their capabilities, in particular the study of the past so that they can be freed of their secular ideas, and...
Orthodox Quote for March 4
“Our journey is our entire life. Sometimes the road is smooth and often it is rocky and hard to travel. There are signs along the way telling us, warning...
Orthodox Quote for March 1
“Ethics are a fabrication of man, an attempt to somehow codify the demands of the conscience… The personal relationship between God and man is one thing, and the standard...
Daily Devotional for March 1-7
Sunday Luke 18:31 At that time: Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said unto . them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written...
Orthodox Quote for February 29
“For us to look back is to reject the very role of confession, for if we cling to past regrets, we are rejecting the very meaning of repentance, which...
St. Seraphim of Sarov on Keeping God in Mind
“If a man has no worries about himself at all for the sake of love toward God and the working of good deeds, knowing that God is taking care...
Orthodox Quote for February 28
“Would we but apply Christ’s teaching to all our problems, we would see that there are great challenges for us to meet and that God has a purpose in...
Orthodox Quote for February 27
“If we have the true Christianity, there should be something in our midst that someone who sincerely loves the truth will see and want.” (Fr Seraphim Rose+ on the...
Orthodox Quote for February 26
“If ninety-nine of us are good and saintly but one of our brothers is far from our solace and support, in sin and darkness, be sure God is not...
Orthodox Quote for February 25
“The more a person denies himself, the more he sacrifices himself, the more he dies to the old man, then the more there lives within him the new man,...