Elder St. Paisios on Applying What We Read
“I am not saying that we should not read so that we can plead ignorance and therefore be free of responsibility, for this is a cunning deception; I am...
Orthodox Quote for July 31
“In all of our deeds God looks at the intention, whether we do it for His sake, or for the sake of some other intention.” (St. Maximus the Confessor,...
Orthodox Quote for July 30
“Whoever wants to approach prayer without a guide, and proudly thinks that he can learn from books, and won’t go to an elder, is already halfway into delusion. But...
Elder Joseph+ of Vatopaidi on Grace
“Once, St Paul of Thebes was having a conversation with Saint Antony the Great. St Paul asked St Antony: ‘How come your name is better known than mine, since...
Orthodox Quote for July 29
“…we do not enter this world in order to enjoy this world, but in order to be saved from it. People go to war for the sake of something...
Daily Devotional for July 29 – August 4
Sunday 22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent...
Elder St Paisios on Obeying God
“We are truly free, in the spiritual sense, when we obey the will of God. But you see, whereas it is obedience that gives us true freedom, the evil...
Orthodox Quote for July 28
“Although the Sunday services serve as the basis to our Church week – we realize of course that Christian life is a constant way of life, every moment, every...
Orthodox Quote for July 27
“Temptations come and throw you into the webs of egoism. The Devil most of all wants to entangle us in the trap of selfishness, like he once entangled our...
St Nikolai Velimirovich on the Source of All
“Venerable Mary of Egypt, an illiterate woman who lived in the Jordan desert for almost half a century knew the Scripture by heart, which was witnessed by her first...