Elder St Paisios on the Secular Spirit
“…that is the Orthodox spirit within which Christ rests, simplicity and piety. Today spiritual people are often lacking in simplicity the sacred simplicity that comforts the soul. If we...
Orthodox Quote for September 30
“It is a kind of self-projection of our own when we insist on other people becoming good. In reality, we wish to become good, but because we are unable...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for September 30 – October 6
Sunday Luke 6:31… 31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. 32 “But if you love those who love you, what credit is...
Orthodox Quote for September 29
“I have known apparently miserly people who seemed always to interpret the behaviour of others in terms of money or greed. For them, everyone seemed to be cheating them,...
Fr Seraphim Rose+ on Being Different
“A person who takes Orthodoxy seriously and begins to really work on understanding it with his heart and changing himself — has at least a little of a quality...
Orthodox Quote for September 28
“The fate of the true Christian is to not please the world, but to stand against it and against the morals that rule it, to return to the roots...
Orthodox Quote for September 27
“If a mild temper helps in achieving spiritual progress, then a fretful temper helps even more so, provided the power of the anger is directed against evil, the passions...
Examples of Struggle in the World
“I myself see remarkable ‘podvizhniks’ , simple laypeople, who teach and save me by humbling me, and showing me how it is possible to live in our time in...
Orthodox Quote for September 26
“To say with St. Paul that “love is the fulfillment of the law” does not mean that we no longer need the law. It means that the law has...
Orthodox Quote for September 25
“The God who is merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, who gives us his divine life and peace and joy forever, is first of...








