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...
Orthodox Quote for June 22
“My child, Christ is not a drug. Christ is the Creator of the entire universe. He is the one Who governs everything wisely, from the multitudes of infinite galaxies,...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on the Importance of What We Do
“At the extremely difficult and exceedingly grievous hour of death, there is no one to help a person except for his works. In fact,no one except God. If we...
Orthodox Quote for June 21
“To be thankful for the things that are hardest to be thankful for—pain, suffering, death, illness, tiredness—to be grateful for those is something that happens once you have learned...
Orthodox Quote for June 20
“It seems to be present in our culture as a simple assumption, an unreflected upon presupposition. Of course everyone goes to heaven when they die. Where else would they...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Sanctifying Our Prayers
“Effort is required. For we have to wrestle against the rulers of the darkness of this age. We have to wrestle with the roaring lion. We cannot allow the...
Orthodox Quote for June 19
“But I tell you always that instead of concerning yourselves with the devil and his knaveries, and instead of paying attention to your passions, you should turn to the...
Orthodox Quote for June 18
“The Orthodox Christian understands that this earthly life is our greatest gift from God because through it we arrive at our life in Him. God has formed us body...
Elder St Paisius on Worldly Attachments
“Ingratitude and greed are evils. A person that is possessed by material things is always possessed by worries and anxiety. He trembles at the thought that he may lose...
Orthodox Quote for June 17
“The greatest problem of our times is enmity. The heart that is filled with anger cannot receive the Holy Spirit!” (Elder Proclu+ of Romania in )