Elder St. Porphyrios on the All-knowing God
“God’s knowledge is beyond comprehension for our own mind. It is infinite and encompasses all beings, visible and invisible, from the beginning of time until the end of time....
Orthodox Quote for August 29
“The invention of the willing, or of the reluctant hardships, which constitute the meaning of the cross, takes away pleasure and abolishes its active movement. According to the spiritual...
Orthodox Quote for August 26
“Jesus Christ showed us another way to follow that leads to eternal blessedness on the other side of the grave…Our Lord Jesus Christ came to transfigure the face of...
Orthodox Quote for August 28
“One pilgrim came to me and said that they’ve read a few books about the Jesus prayer and tried to force themselves to do it, but as a result...
Elder St Paisios on Lack of Discipline
“Their condition is the fault of their parents who never understood the nature of discipline. They give children such excessive freedoms that they turn them into little hooligans. You...
Orthodox Quote for August 27
“I think it depends on the environment children are growing in and the way this or that important idea is presented to them. We all were children years ago....
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Prayer
“Prayer is one of the foremost and strongest powers that causes him who prays to be born again, and it grants him bodily and spiritual well-being. Prayer is the...
Orthodox Quote for August 26
“He who keeps watch over the words he is about say also keeps watch over the deeds he intends to do, and he never goes out of the bounds...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for August 26- September 1
Sunday Matthew 21: 33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower....
Orthodox Quote for August 25
“Just as there is endless work in a carved wooden icon, when it is done with a magnifying glass, so there is endless work to be done in people’s...