Orthodox Quote for April 24
“Holy Water is used when people are sick or troubled. However, it should not be consumed as a magical element that heals by itself. It heals us provided it...
Orthodox Quote for April 23
“The Christian life always involves movement, following the Lord, walking with Him, asking, seeking, knocking, and eventually finding. In those areas where we need to work, in those areas...
Elder St Paisios on God’s Will
“Christ loves the child and will do whatever is good for him. If He sees that the child will become better when he grows up, He will hear my...
Orthodox Quote for April 22
“That is why Orthodoxy is known for being so “old-fashioned”: we deliberately keep the old-fashioned ways that came down from Christ, the Apostles, and the early Fathers of the...
Daily Devotional for April 22-28
Sunday Mark 15: Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who...
Orthodox Quote for April 21
“Sometimes during a long-continued prayer only a few minutes are really pleasing to God and constitute true prayer and true service to God. The chief thing in prayer is...
Orthodox Quote for April 20
“Most people depart into eternity with sins, not having managed, due to an unexpected death or illness or infirmity, to purify themselves of those sins; thus they are found...
Elder St Paisios on Spiritual Logic
“It is not possible to put the Gospel and secular logic together. In the Gospel there is love, while in secular logic there is self-interest. The Gospel says, And...
Orthodox Quote for April 19
“We should keep the self out of our actions. We should not act for the sake of our own comfort; if we do, Christ cannot come close to us....
Elder St Paisos on Inner Sanctity
It’s possible, but if you pay attention, you will see that you do not have an inner sweetness, in which case you will understand where you stand spiritually. Once...