Orthodox Quote for September 28
“The fate of the true Christian is to not please the world, but to stand against it and against the morals that rule it, to return to the roots...
Orthodox Quote for September 27
“If a mild temper helps in achieving spiritual progress, then a fretful temper helps even more so, provided the power of the anger is directed against evil, the passions...
Orthodox Quote for September 26
“To say with St. Paul that “love is the fulfillment of the law” does not mean that we no longer need the law. It means that the law has...
Orthodox Quote for September 25
“The God who is merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, who gives us his divine life and peace and joy forever, is first of...
Orthodox Quote for September 24
“What is sought is obedience, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These are the fruit of God that need to be returned by us to...
Orthodox Quote for September 23
“Why do these parables after two thousand years continue to affect people as strongly as they did at that time. Because they are universal. They are projected on the...
Orthodox Quote for September 22
“In the East, people are often devoid of any sense of humor; therefore they are often pompous, proud, prone to dramatize. I am always sad when meeting people without...
Orthodox Quote for September 21
“We should eat one kind of simple and readily accessible food – if possible, the kind of food that we do not relish particularly. In this way we can...
Orthodox Quote for September 20
“No one ever accomplishes good by means of evil, because they are themselves conquered by the evil. On the contrary, evil is corrected by good. “ (St. Barsanuphius the...
Orthodox Quote for September 19
“Repentance is not a torment for man, but the cleansing away of his unneeded, sinful layers. This is the freeing of a person from what is not his, what...