Orthodox Quote for January 25
“This world, my brethren, is like a prison. When must man rejoice? When he enters the prison or when he is being liberated from the prison? It seems to...
Orthodox Quote for January 24
“…the Holy Fathers have remarked that when a person prepares to receive Holy Communion or awaits the coming of one of the Feasts, the devil tries with all his...
Elder St Paisios on Finding Spiritual Friends
“Those who want to live a spiritual life will eventually find that they are not able to do it in this world; they will be searching to find people...
Orthodox Quote for January 23
“God in order to punish as well as cure our readiness for pleasure, established pain and death into human nature, to follow it everywhere and appear unwillingly. Because human...
Orthodox Quote for January 22
“’…since I didn’t do something I heard in church’ someone will tell me, ‘how can I come again?’; Come to hear again the divine Word, and try this time...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on the Judgement
“The years roll by and pass, and day by day each one of us draws closer and closer to the end of his life. Our precious time rolls by...
Orthodox Quote for January 21
“You won’t become saints by hounding after evil. Ignore evil. Look towards Christ and He will save you. Instead of standing outside the door shooing the evil one away,...
Orthodox Quote for January 20
“Baptism is a matter of walking the path of life in the company of the Lord. That is, everyone who is baptized is called upon to live ontologically with...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Leaving Things in God’s Hands
“We shouldn’t blackmail God with our prayers. We shouldn’t ask God to release us from something, from an illness, for example, or to solve our problems, but we should...
Orthodox Quote for January 19
“The story of Christ’s baptism, which the Eastern Tradition gives pride of place to by celebrating on January 6, is the most ontologically weighty theme, revealing both the divine...