Orthodox Quote for July 14
“Repentance, change of mind. Because only by changing the mind, you can change your heart. People who turn to God with their heart, and do not try to change...
St. Nikolai Velimirovich on Passions as Diseases
“Understand and confess your passion, the moralists say. But Is that enough? If one is not frightened and disgusted by his passion, as he would be by any physical...
Orthodox Quote for July 13
“If the heart is squandered on many insignificant things, it will not have the strength to feel pain for what deserves its care…all I care about is the pain...
Orthodox Quote for July 12
“The manic concern over what we’re going to eat, drink or wear is a sketch of people who seem to be earthly and ‘biological’. The stress, anxiety and care...
Elder St. Paisios on the Modern Lethargy
“Today with so much reading people end up like tape recorders, filling up their cassettes with superfluous matters. According to Abba Isaac, however, ‘Wisdom not based on righteous activity...
Orthodox Quote for July 11
“’How many Orthodox bishops does it take to change a light-bulb?’ Answer: ‘Why change a light-bulb?’ Well, of course, if light-bulbs don’t work, we do change them. But on...
Orthodox Quote for July 10
“They call me a good person, but I know what a liar and hypocrite I am. They simply do not know, they cannot know about my passions, my infirmity,...
Orthodox Quote for July 9
“One of our seminarians had a “eureka” moment. After several classes on the Jesus prayer, and after reading The Way of the Pilgrim in Spanish, he said to me: “Jesse,...
Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov on Ecumenism
“Extreme church liberals, like their secular peers, are on fire it would seem with the laudable desire to change for the better everything their enlightened minds deem improper in...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Confession
“If you are not cleansed through frank confession, how will you approach to receive the immaculate and life-creating Mysteries of Christ? Haven’t you heard that they bring life to...