Redeeming the Time Part 2
“How many stones there are scattered about! Millions, billions, and we tread upon them without even noticing them. Yet gold is collected in tiny grains, and one gram of...
Orthodox Quote for January 10
“Has someone struck me unjustly? “Glory be to you, O Lord! Perhaps I may be able to pay off a sin; I, too, had once struck someone.” Have I...
Orthodox Quote for January 9
“…because you are a sinner, come here, to become righteous. Or maybe don’t you know that they who stand before the sacred altar also have committed sins? For this...
Orthodox Quote for January 8
“Without Christ it is impossible to correct ourselves. We will not be able to detach ourselves from our passions. On our own we cannot become good.” (St. Porphyrios in...
Orthodox Quote for January 7
“While the world will put away virtually all signs of the Christmas season literally the day after Christmas, the Church begins a glorious twelve-day celebration of the Lord’s Nativity...
Redeeming the Time Part 1
“The Apostle Paul writes regarding time that we walk circumspectly “…Redeeming the time, because the days are evil…” Thus he concisely said… the days are evil, life is short,...
Orthodox Quote for January 6
“The waters of Baptism would never have had the ability to cleanse human sins, had they not been blessed by the touch of the Savior’s Body. Immersing Himself in...
Elder St. Porphyrios on our Personal Freedom
“God in His omniscience knows in all precision not simply beforehand, but before the creation of the world, that this person, for example, will commit a murder when he...
Orthodox Quote for January 5
“Without grace, without revelation, no man, even the most virtuous, can transcend the flesh and the world. God reveals Himself to the humble, who live in accordance with #8221;...
Devotional for January 5-11
Sunday Isaiah: In those days, Isaiah the Prophet spake, saying: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto...