Orthodox Quote for January 28
“We think of worship as a specifically clerical sphere of activity. The priest celebrates, the laity attend. One is active, the other passive. It is another error and a...
Orthodox Quote for January 27
“In the first centuries it was not only the pastors who were tortured, but lay persons as well – men, women, and even children. And it was lay people...
Orthodox Quote for January 26
“There are many people who cling to memories of past sins, holding on to guilt and shame, reliving things long ago confessed, as though they happened yesterday… For us...
Orthodox Quote for January 25
“We want to sin and want to have a good God Who should forgive us, while we sin. That is, we will do whatever we please, and He must...
Orthodox Quote for January 24
“For the believer, the Gospel begins where Christ enters into his mind and heart by His grace. We learn that there is eternal life, there is a true God...
Orthodox Quote for January 23
“Where is the work to which we are always called, which we will serve even when the world is destroyed and only human souls remain with God Who created...
Daily Devotional for January 23 – 29
Sunday **This week from St Nikolai’s Prologue The wicked one fears imminent death, the thief fears the burglar, the murderer fears the sword, the proud one fears shame, the...
Orthodox Quote for January 22
“If you avoid having children, you avoid salvation. One child is not enough, because you might lose it. Many children in a home are usually healthier than one or...
Orthodox Quote for January 21
“Just as God created heaven and earth for man to inhabit, so did He create Man so that He may reside as in His house in the human body,...
Orthodox Quote for January 20
“Church attendance should be complemented from the earliest days of childhood by the home atmosphere, which precedes and prolongs the mood of the Church. Let us take Sunday morning....