Orthodox Quote for September 18
“…Visits from fellow human beings are healing; just the presence of another human being is healing. Most noteworthy of all, I eventually learned that the ‘visitor’ and ‘visited’ become...
Orthodox Quote for September 17
“A spiritual person feels the intentions of others (for example, if someone wants to exploit him or rob him), but always assumes the best in them and treats them...
Orthodox Quote for September 16
“Let us have love for God and for our fellow men. Then God comes and brings us joy and implants the eternal life in our hearts, and we fare...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Humility and Trust
“Complete trust in God — that’s what holy humility is. Complete obedience to God, without protest, without reaction, even when some things seem difficult and unreasonable. Abandonment to the...
Orthodox Quote for September 15
“The percentage of Orthodox Christians who retain their Orthodox identity intact and are not changed into the image of today’s world, is small indeed. Still, it is not necessary...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for September 15-21
Sunday 2 Corinthians: Such trust have we through Christ toward God: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of...
Orthodox Quote for September 14
“We have become so inattentive to the work of our salvation that we misinterpret many other words in Holy Scripture as well, all because we do not seek the...
Orthodox Quote for September 13
“People usually consider thought to be something of little importance, and therefore they are very undiscerning in their acceptance of thoughts. However, everything good comes from the acceptance of...
Metropolitan Silouan on Holiness
Part 2… That you work so as to assume part of the responsibility for the site of the service or commitment that you have taken upon yourself or that...
St. Nikolai Velimirovich on the Body and Soul’s Relationship
“The Lord knows the value of human bodies. He has said through His prophets, apostles and hymnographers what the body is – vanishing smoke, withering grass, fading flower, dust...