Elder St Paisius on Worldly Attachments
“Ingratitude and greed are evils. A person that is possessed by material things is always possessed by worries and anxiety. He trembles at the thought that he may lose...
Orthodox Quote for June 17
“The greatest problem of our times is enmity. The heart that is filled with anger cannot receive the Holy Spirit!” (Elder Proclu+ of Romania in )
Orthodox Quote for June 16
“God’s mercy for people is shown in everything, but they don’t see it and can’t understand it. The Lord never commits evil. But people look at His works as...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for June 16-22
Sunday Feast of Pentecost Acts 2: When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound...
Orthodox Quote for June 15
“You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be such that after lunch you want to...
Orthodox Quote for June 14
“The most joyful thing in spiritual life is to discover something new. Remember what joy you felt when you woke up on Sunday morning for Liturgy, how you voraciously...
Archimandrite Cleopa Ilie: a Parable on the Ways of God Part 2
“Why did I burn down the children’s house?” “Those children would soon have died without any care, and now in the place of their burned house they’ll find the...
Orthodox Quote for June 13
“Our Savior says, “you cannot be my disciple unless you ‘Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Me!’ How do we respond to these three commands? This...
Archimandrite Cleopa Ilie: on the Ways of God Part 1
“The hermit could no longer wait to understand the essence of what had happened to them on the road. So he asked his companion, “Tell me after all, who...
Orthodox Quote for June 12
“…we have failed to be worthy of God’s love. We have failed because we have ever and again tried to work things out in our way—instead of following God’s...