Orthodox Daily Devotional September 9-15
Sunday John 3:13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted...
Orthodox Quote for September 8
“Temptations come so that hidden passions may be revealed and so that it will be possible to fight them, and so that the soul may be rid of them....
Elder Joseph the Hesychast on the Hard Struggle
“We are not battling with a man, whom you can kill in many ways, but with the powers and rulers of darkness. They are not fought with sweets and...
Orthodox Quote for September 7
“’Apart from Me, you can do nothing (Jn 15:5). Well, we might say, what do you mean? People are constantly doing all kinds of things—building gigantic buildings, sending people...
Orthodox Quote for September 6
“Don’t believe at face value all kinds of nonsense without investigation: that something can come into being [of itself] from dust, and that people used to be apes.” (Elder...
Orthodox Quote for September 5
“Every good idea that enters the human mind is from above, from God. The only thing that is ours is the mucous that runs from our noses when we...
Father Seraphim Rose+ on the ‘End’
“We should not be counting the years or calculating who is the “King of the South,” the “King of the North,” and so on, but going more deeply. All...
Orthodox Quote for September 4
“Avoid heretics like wild beasts; for they are mad dogs, biting secretly. You must be on your guard against them; their bite is not easily cured. There is only...
Orthodox Quote for September 3
“Here is a society of men of the world : they go on talking and talking, for the greater part amusing themselves with trifles, and there is no mention...
The Truth of Scripture
“For me, absolute truth, absolute history is Holy Scripture. Once came to Metropolitan Philaret a glamorous society lady who said (she also referred to natural sciences): ‘How can you...