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...
Elder Cleopa+ on the Need for Tradition
“We must uphold Holy Tradition with great reverence and godliness, for not all that is needful to effect our salvation is found within Holy Scripture. Holy Scripture instructs us...
Orthodox Quote for June 6
“After our love for God, comes sacrifice. And when there is sacrifice without any trace of selfishness, then one begins to be blessed with divine events. I must make...
Orthodox Quote for June 5
“A daily and personal cycle of prayer matters because every follower of Jesus needs a brief, simple, doable way to dialogue with Him – not to merely think about Him, or to...
Elder Paisios on Accepting Trials
“There can be no sorrow when we face our trials spiritually, because when a person places himself properly, that is, spiritually, everything changes. If we place the bitterness of...
Orthodox Quote for June 4
“Let us give thanks to God continually. For, it is outrageous that when we enjoy His benefaction to us in deed every single day, we do not acknowledge the...