Elder St Paisios on Help from the Devil
“Nowadays, even if spiritual people do not want to be bonded together, they will be forced to do so by the devil. Through his abundant evil, the devil actually...
Orthodox Quote for September 8
“One should not seek among others the truth that can be easily gotten from the Church. For in her, as in a rich treasury, the apostles have placed all...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for September 8-14
Sunday 1 Corinthians 15:1… I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are...
Orthodox Quote for September 7
“Christ distributes to every person there. He does not stop and ask whether their need is meritorious nor does he ask any questions as to why they cannot provide...
Orthodox Quote for September 6
“Death is a moment of trial—our final trial and therefore the most important. It reveals everything that a man has inside himself, whatever he has gathered and stored up...
Orthodox Quote for September 4
“Repentance involves first the individual seriously, at length, determining that previous wrong actions, thoughts etc., must be re-thought and thus remedied, allowing God to judge and then transform the...
Orthodox Quote for September 3
“…it is our spiritual condition that determines our outlook. In turn, our outlook determines our morality; our morality determines how we behave toward each other, and how we behave...
Orthodox Quote for September 2
“Man comes into the light of this world crying, he passes his life in weeping and sorrows, and he leaves the world in tears and pain. O vanity of...
Orthodox Quote for September 1
“We drive Him far away from us when we do not contemplate death and the punishment which awaits us. When we do not pay attention to ourselves, when we...
Metropolitan Silouan on Holiness
“The believer’s holiness is the fruit, expression and reflection of the incarnation of the Son of God. He became like us so that we may become like Him. Taking...