Elder St. Porphyrios on Doing All with Love
“Sin makes a person exceedingly psychologically confused. And nothing makes the confusion go away — nothing except the light of Christ. Christ makes the first move: ‘Come unto me...
Orthodox Quote for January 26
“For your heart not to be hardened, you must never think that someone else is at fault, or how much that person is at fault, but rather, how much...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on a Good Conscience
“How many times has our conscience reproved us! The more a person listens to his conscience, and the more he attends to it, the more precisely it guides him....
Orthodox Quote for January 25
“In today’s society, the opinion is strengthened that if an event does not appear on the Internet, then it loses its relevance. Unfortunately, this spirit also penetrates into the...
Orthodox Quote for January 24
“The same people who would avoid hitting a bag on the highway if they thought there was a chance that a puppy was in it advocate abortion even though...
Elder St. Paisios on Giving
“The more goods people acquire today, the more problems they have. They neither thank God for His benefactions, nor do they take notice of the misfortunes suffered by their...
Orthodox Quote for January 23
“A man obtains the fear of God if he has the remembrance of his unavoidable death and of the eternal torments that await sinners; if he tests himself every...
Orthodox Quote for January 22
“The natural state of man, since we have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and have fallen out of paradise, is the divine Law which was given to us...
Elder St Paisios on Seeing our True Selves
“There are people who commit great crimes, but who have extenuating circumstances. Who can know how these people stand in the eyes of God? If God had not helped...
Orthodox Quote for January 21
“We can and should both unequivocally condemn the sin, and have love and compassion for the sinner. If we don’t do both, we enable the sinner to kid himself...