Metropolitan Athanasius on God’s Silence
“It often seems to us that God is silent. Or even more precisely, that God is absent. Often we seek God and want Him to do something, but He...
Orthodox Quote for August 6
“In times of tribulation we feel our weakness in overcoming the present difficulties through our own efforts, which guides us, if we have kept our faith, to rely on...
Orthodox Quote for August 5
“…like a buried treasure or an unclaimed fortune, we gain nothing from this inheritance that has been given to us if we do not claim it as our own,...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Becoming ‘Worthy’ to Pray
rayers are not heard because we are not worthy. You must become worthy in order to pray. We are not worthy because we do not love our neighbour as...
Orthodox Quote for August 4
“We can meet suffering with resentment and rebellious defiance, in which case it may act like an acid, corroding our character, making us unpersons, moral zombies. Or we may...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for August 4-10
Sunday Romans 6:8 – Brethren So many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death. Therefore we are buried with him by Baptism into death:...
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,...