Orthodox Quote for September 21
“How many times has our conscience reproved us! The more a person listens to his conscience, and the more he attends to it, the more precisely it guides him....
Orthodox Quote for September 20
“Words often provoke irritation. Prayer and living example find resonance. Living faith moves people, regenerates them and changes them, whereas words alone remain fruitless. The best form of mission...
Orthodox Quote for September 19
“Many people take no account of their own gifts; they see only the gifts of others and are overcome by envy. They view themselves as having been wronged, as...
Fr. John Parker on Modern Education
“I was dumbstruck during my three short lunch periods on a recent visit to a college campus. Greeting me at the entrance to the Student Life Center and Food Court...
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...