Orthodox Quote for April 19
“We should keep the self out of our actions. We should not act for the sake of our own comfort; if we do, Christ cannot come close to us....
Elder St Paisos on Inner Sanctity
It’s possible, but if you pay attention, you will see that you do not have an inner sweetness, in which case you will understand where you stand spiritually. Once...
Orthodox Quote for April 18
“The supreme moral test as set by Christ for any Christian is how he she treats the poor, the sick, the oppressed, the vulnerable the widow or the #8221;...
Orthodox Quote for April 17
“Keep the major themes of the pre-Lenten and Lenten Sundays always in your mind as you face the day today decisions on how to lead your life throughout the...
Orthodox Quote for April 16
“Adorn yourself with truth, try to speak truth in all things; and do not support a lie, no matter who asks you. If you speak the truth and someone...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on the Conscienc
“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 April 15
“If a person does not do what he can, uniting himself to the prayers of the saints, neither does he derive any benefit if the saints pray for him....
Daily Devotional for April 15-21
Sunday John 20: Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews,...
Orthodox Quote for April 14
“The soul has wings by which it can raise itself free from the earth. But this movement of the wings is not of something constructed of feathers but a...
Elder St. Paisios on Self-Knowledge
“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...