Elder Joseph the Hesychast on Approaching Death
“Death, which is awesome and dreadful for most people, is a repose for me, something sweet that will relieve me from the afflictions of the world as soon as...
Orthodox Quote for November 15
“At first a simple thought about evil makes it into the mind, and if it is kept in the mind, then a passionate motion arises from it, and if...
Orthodox Quote for November 14
“God knows how much each one can bear and allows temptations according to the measure of our strength. Remember that after temptation comes spiritual joy, and that the Lord...
Archimandrite Touma Bitar on the Basis of Faith
“Why do you think that the upright person who loves the true and loves the good is ready to accept faith in God? Because uprightness, truth and goodness are...
Orthodox Quote for November 13
“Whoever trusts in God, sows glorification, receives divine joy and eternal blessing. Whoever sows misery, reaps misery and stores up stress.” (Elder St Paisios in ‘Athonite Elders’)
Orthodox Quote for November 12
“Keep an eternal perspective on life. Each day remember that some people have tragically died. Remembering death can help us live life better. If we remember that we are...
Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov on Time with Children
“The upbringing of children is a great and daily creative process. It is the parents’ hard work and constant, wise attention to their children. I have many times had...
Orthodox Quote for November 11
“The Cross of the monk is cutting his own will. To give up what he likes. To carry what is not convenient.” (Elder Arsenie Papacioc of Romania, sayings)
Orthodox Daily Devotional for November 11-17
Sunday Epistles Ephesians 2: For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the...
Orthodox Quote for November 10
“The man-loving and bountiful Lord has given us an incomparable mercy and great happiness: the opportunity to belong to the Orthodox Church, to constitute the one Body of Christ,...