Elder St Paisios on the Need for Spiritual Direction
“A young person needs a spiritual guide, someone to advise him and be eager to listen to his concerns, in order to proceed with “spiritual safety”, avoiding dangers, fears...
Orthodox Quote for June 28
“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 27
“Find time in your day for absolute silence. No phones, no music, no people. Just 10 or 20 minutes of silence, preferably sitting or kneeling in front of an...
St. Nikolai on Cleansing Man’s Nature
“In order for the old to pass and for the new to come; for the rust to turn into shiny steel; for the heaps of dirt accumulated on mankind...
Orthodox Quote for June 26
“As when you enter into a store and see good, wonderful things, you like them, you stand and look at them one by one, spending all your time, because...
Orthodox Quote for June 25
“Orthodox Christians have one of the lowest rates of retention across Christian and non-Christian denominations. Only 53% of adults who were raised in the Orthodox Church still identify themselves...
Orthodox Quote for June 24
“Only then, when we have established a human relationship do we share with others the Good News of salvation as Jesus did with the Samaritan woman. Instead of doing...
Elder St Paisios on Judgement.
“We rush to judgment when we act based on logic. Only our brain is working, and this is the result. It would be good for those who have great...
Orthodox Quote for June 23
“One cannot even talk about sin among animals. But man commits sin if he lives according to the lusts of animals. And when he ascribes the holy name of...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for June 23 – June 29
Sunday Revelation 4:1 – In those days: I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet...