Orthodox Quote for March 20
“The Christian faith is not philosophy but practicality that comes from truth and leads to life.” (Fr James Guirguis, ‘Out of Egypt’ blog)
Elder St. Porphyrios on Silent Prayer
“I repeated the prayer,‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, and new , horizons would open up. Tears of joy and gladness would flow from my yt eyes on...
Orthodox Quote for March 19
“…there are insolent individuals who ask, “Why did God create hell”? Once we start criticizing God, we are no longer in a spiritual state. We no longer have the...
Orthodox Quote for March 18
“…there is another reason why he mentions Tamar, who does not appear to be praiseworthy on account of her physical relations with her father-in-law; and that was to show...
Elder Joseph the Hesychast on Grace
“So whatever good thing a person thinks, it is due to the grace And now, if you exert yourself in the prayer and pray continuously, if you read lives...
Orthodox Quote for March 17
“I confess to my Lord and do not blush in his sight, because I am not lying; from the time when I came to know him in my youth,...
March 17 – 23
Sunday Matthew 6:16-21 At that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that...
Orthodox Quote for March 16
“Fasting is a beautiful and great act for the soul, but also for one’s health too. Let us recall how the lives of our beloved saints sound: ‘This ascetic...
Orthodox Quote for March 15
” Let our Lenten fasting be pleasant and pleasing to God. True fasting is the driving away of evil, the bridling of the tongue, the suppression of one’s anger, the...
Metropolitan Ephrem Kyriakos on the ‘Civilization of the Flesh’
“The world today, and especially the West, is more and more inclined toward secular, worldly life. This means that in its life it departs from the scope of God...