Orthodox Quote for February 6
“I converted about a year into the project. I became Orthodox. Being there helped me overcome my suspicion of religion. I realized it’s not an ideology you have to...
Orthodox Quote for February 5
“I pray more than ever. The daily Scripture readings and a prayer rule have helped discipline me due to the Church calendar. And I love that it connects me...
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...