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...
Orthodox Quote for September 11
“Someone else says… I can pray at my house. You deceive yourself, O man. Of course it is possible for you to pray at your home also. It is...
Orthodox Quote for September 10
“If it should happen that I judged someone or said something bad about someone, I can correct this sin by running to confession, remembering that person in prayer and...
Orthodox Quote for September 12
“We must receive the one who curses us as a messenger from God, rebuking our hidden evil thoughts, so that we, seeing our thoughts with exactness, might correct ourselves....