May 9, 2015
“The Church is a hospital not a court. It bestows forgiveness; it does not demand accountability for the sin. Say to God: “Against Thee only have I sinned and...
Saturday, May 9
Orthodox Daily Devotional Scripture Reading JOHN 6: 43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who...
May 8, 2015
“It would be a mistake, however, to suggest that Orthodoxy has enthusiastically endorsed war. Even in cases of the defense of a Christian people from Islamic invasion, the spiritual...
Friday, May 8
Orthodox Daily Devotional Scripture Reading JOHN 6: 35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who...
May 7, 2015
“On Sunday and on holidays when you go to God’s house bring your children. You should have noticed by now yourself that often they speak only…cursing and using evil...
Thursday, May 7
Orthodox Daily Devotional Scripture Reading JOHN 6: 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come...
May 6, 2015
“After the fall into sin, Adam’s soul darkened: his thoughts and desires became muddled, and his imagination and memory began to cloud. Instead of peace and joy he met...
Wednesday, May 6
Orthodox Daily Devotional Troparion of Mid-Pentecost (halfway between Pascha and Pentecost) In the middle of the Feast, O Savior, / Fill my thirsting soul with the waters of...
May 5
“In many ways the Orthodox world is a thorn in the flesh. It frustrates the West because the Orthodox world, in large measure, never experienced anything like the so-called...
Tuesday, May 5
Life of Saint Saint Irene was the daughter of a princelet called Licinius; named Penelope by her parents, through a divine revelation she was brought to faith in Christ...