Orthodox Quote for March 26
“The passion is strengthened especially by pride. And as long as it is so strengthened it cannot be destroyed…Thus the structure of evil in the soul is impossible to...
Orthodox Quote for March 25
“Come together as a family of faith and offer thanksgiving to God that our Lord willingly gave Himself to be crucified upon the Cross so that we might have...
Orthodox Quote for March 24
“We fast to reduce the love that we have for ourselves. We increase our prayer rules and Church services to increase the Love and Faith that we have in God. We...
Orthodox Quote for March 23
“Truly, we cannot even judge ourselves! We know our own inner sighings and groanings, the attempts to uproot our sinful passions, and yet we have no way of comparing...
Elder St Porphyrios on Dying to the Old Man
“Man is a mystery. We carry within us an age-old inheritance — all the good and precious experience of the prophets, the saints, the martyrs, the apostles and above...
Orthodox Quote for March 22
“…we do not believe in Christ because of His moral teachings. Or for His prompting to “Love one another”, or for His sermons on peace and justice, freedom and...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for March 22-28
Sunday Ephesian 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering...
Orthodox Quote for March 21
“It has been said of the 16th Century Western European religious climate, that the prevailing attitude was a conviction that man is so sinful that it would be nearly...
Fr. Vasilios on Christ, our Good Samaritan
“In the gospel lesson of the Good Samaritan a question arises. Who is that man who fell to robbers? The answer is: It is the person who has abandoned...
Orthodox Quote for March 20
“The devil makes bright people useless when they judge according to appearance. When we have only the human element in our nature, we judge based only on human standards...