Orthodox Quote for August 3
“The church becomes one body when those who have been called are bound to one another in the love of Christ, when they are bound also in the Spirit...
Fr Jonathan Tobias on the ‘End Times’
“The Orthodox Church has no single dogmatic, mandatory doctrinal statement about the End Times, other than “… and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and...
Orthodox Quote for August 2
“…everywhere that Orthodox monasticism exists, there are clergyman, monks and hierarchs who endure all hardships and pray for all of humanity. Because of their prayers God’s goodness does not...
Orthodox Quote for August 1
“When you are overtaken by remembrance of wrongs, your heart is filled with anger and your soul feels that it is in hell. To the best of our ability,...
Orthodox Quote for July 31
“God did all things through him. Therefore he is also said to have “taken the form of a slave.” It is not only the flesh of the slave that...
Elder Anthimos+ on Remembering Judgement
“The phrase of Abba Evagrios in the Gerontikon: ‘Always remember eternal judgment and do not forget your departure, and no fault shall be imputed to your soul’… ‘By the...
Orthodox Quote for July 30
“The Orthodox Christian should in every way oppose not only hatred for his ill-wishers and enemies, but even any feelings of dislike. Because hatred for another person is murder....
Orthodox Quote for July 29
“The Lord, unto Whom all hearts are open, knowing our avarice and trivial, covetous calculation in those cases, when we have to show hospitality and kindness to people, from...
Vladimir Basenkov Reviews the Daily Prayer Cycle
“Prayer began with Vespers, as evening was given the first place in the book of Genesis: And the evening and the morning (Gen. 1:5). The beginning of human history...
Orthodox Quote for July 28
“Think of a skilled painter painting a likeness of himself on a surface. So we may now imitate the same characteristics that God himself has displayed in his becoming...