Elder St Porphyrios on Inexperience in Confession
“..when I first started to hear confessions I use to really ‘scald’ those who came to make confession. I used to have a my side St Nikodemos’s Confessor’s Guide*...
Orthodox Quote for February 4
“Every day in our life God points out a lesson to us concerning the eternal life, but we very seldom heed it; in a word, we generally don’t care!...
Orthodox Quote for February 3
“There is no “I” in Christianity—there is “we.” We are all one in the experience of the Eucharist.” (Hieromonk Illarion, interview in )
Elder Ephraim of Arizona+ on our Struggles
“I pray with all my heart that the blessing and grace of the All-holy Spirit and dew from heaven overshadow, caress, and spread out onto your dear souls and...
Orthodox Quote for February 2
“We forget that the ancient saints were the same as you and I by nature; they had the same infirmities that we see in ourselves: They also experienced hunger...
Daily Devotional for February 2-8
Sunday Romans 8:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever...
Orthodox Quote for February 1
“I would wish that I were a rent-payer to the Lord, That I should suffer distress, and that He would bestow on me a good #8221; (From Hymn attributed...
Orthodox Quote for January 31
“…the labor of Christians is always (and should always be) inward and invisible. This is precisely what leads us into temptation. We substitute inward work for outward work and...
Orthodox Quote for January 30
“The Lord came so people could change, become better, purer, kinder, and have more love. People stand in church—who are they? Perhaps they’re former murderers, former thieves, fornicators, or...
Elder Paisios on Holy Empathy
“He realizes it from the divine consolation which he feels inside after praying from the heart in pain. But first, you must make the other person’s pain your own...