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...
Orthodox Quote for June 11
“So also did Christ converse in person with the apostles, and He sent the grace of the Spirit to be their teacher. But after these events heresies would arise...
Orthodox Quote for June 10
“The cross leads those of little faith to disbelief and perplexity, but it brings those who believe to grasp the most perfect meaning of life. The unbeliever detests hardship,...
Elder St. Paisios on Putting Others First
“Whenever we do something with our hearts, we feel joy. And it is also good for us. When we feel the need to respect the other person because he...
Orthodox Quote for June 9
“The disciples knew Jesus in a merely human way, and that is the problem. So often, our relationship with God is just that. It is skin-deep. We have a...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for June 9-15
Sunday 1 Peter 4:7…Dearly beloved: The end of all things is at hand: be ye there- fore sober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity...
Orthodox Quote for June 8
“Turn your mind towards Him continually. Learn to love prayer, familiar converse with the Lord. What counts above all is love, passionate love for the Lord, for Christ the...
Orthodox Quote for June 7
“’Do what’s in your heart and accept correction joyfully.’ The former without the later produces a self-assured independence divorced from communal life, and the later without the former yields...