St. Nikolai Velimirovich on the Presence of Angels
“… we are neither alone in this world nor destined for it. Whether I wander in the streets of London or stand in the green fields outside, I have...
Orthodox Quote for February 23
“…there are three levels of boasting: the lowest is to brag about things, that is something. Higher than this is to boast of people, that is someone; the highest...
Mother Alexandra+ on Christ’s Way for Us
“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 22
“God has given us the right to choose. Yes, it is wrong to choose what is against His will. Sometimes we do it knowingly, and sometimes unknowingly. But it...
Orthodox Quote for February 21
“I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, through belief in the Thrones, through confession of the Oneness towards the Creator.” (St Patrick ‘Breastplate’)
Elder Joseph the Hesychast on Humility
“Where is your humility when you feel and say that everyone wrongs you and that only you are good? Humility is, when the other person is at fault, for...
Orthodox Quote for February 20
“In prayer what is important is the intensity not the duration but the intensity. Pray albeit for five minutes, but abandoning yourself to God with love and longing. One...
Orthodox Quote for February 19
“Man was made for prayer, for living communion with God our Creator! And yet, how easily we can get lost in the excuse that we have no time for...
Orthodox Quote for February 18
“When others are being wronged and someone shouts in anger out of a real sense of pain and suffering, then that is a most righteous anger. When he is...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Perseverance
“Do not lose your courage, my child. The deprivations we bear are meant to prepare for us the eternal enjoyment of heaven! We knowingly deprive ourselves of the pleasurable...