Elder St. Porphyrios on the Intensity of Prayer
“God is everywhere present and fills all things. I try to take wings to infinity and fly amidst the stars. My mind is lost in the magnificence of God’s...
Orthodox Quote for October 14
“When the Spirit of God comes down to man and overshadows him with the fullness of His inspiration , then the human soul overflows with unspeakable joy, for the...
Elder St Paisios on the Importance of Baptism
“Once there was a monk on Mount Athos who was from a Bulgarian village where a lot of people weren’t baptised. He told me that when he was still...
Orthodox Quote for October 13
“Do not forsake prayer, for just as the body becomes weak when it is deprived of food, so also the soul when it is deprived of prayer draws nigh...
Daily Devotional for October 13 – 19
Sunday Luke 14 At that time: It came to pass, as Jesus went into the house of – one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day,...
Orthodox Quote for October 12
“Prayer is not an incantation. It is the voice of God, bringing the most important meaning of life to us amidst the noise of the sea of life, and...
Orthodox Quote for October 23
“Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by the Holy #8221; (St. John Chrysostom, on...
Orthodox Quote for October 11
“We have to keep in mind the dangerousness of Orthodoxy, the danger of attempting to live in humility, the danger of trying to love your enemies, the unknown frontiers...
Orthodox Quote for October 10
“…where there is no faith, there is no hope but despair. And where there is no hope, there is no love but hatred. And where there is neither faith...
St Tikhon of America on Judging Others
“Yet we love to observe the sins of others. Not considering the beam in our own eye, we take notice of the mote in our brother’s eye. (Matt. 7....