Orthodox Quote for September 9
“The aim in life of ordinary worldly people is to acquire or make money, and for the nobility it is in addition to receive honors, distinctions and other rewards...
Orthodox Quote for September 8
“Temptations come so that hidden passions may be revealed and so that it will be possible to fight them, and so that the soul may be rid of them....
Orthodox Quote for September 7
“’Apart from Me, you can do nothing (Jn 15:5). Well, we might say, what do you mean? People are constantly doing all kinds of things—building gigantic buildings, sending people...
Orthodox Quote for September 6
“Don’t believe at face value all kinds of nonsense without investigation: that something can come into being [of itself] from dust, and that people used to be apes.” (Elder...
Orthodox Quote for September 5
“Every good idea that enters the human mind is from above, from God. The only thing that is ours is the mucous that runs from our noses when we...
Orthodox Quote for September 4
“Avoid heretics like wild beasts; for they are mad dogs, biting secretly. You must be on your guard against them; their bite is not easily cured. There is only...
Orthodox Quote for September 3
“Here is a society of men of the world : they go on talking and talking, for the greater part amusing themselves with trifles, and there is no mention...
Orthodox Quote for September 2
“The Jews had no idea that Christ the Saviour would come to earth for the purpose of teaching people, through His example, word, deeds, and suffering, to love God...
Orthodox Quote for September 1
“A Christian intellectual development occurs when all the truths of the Faith are impressed so deeply into the intellect that the intellect’s whole existence is made up of these...
Orthodox Quote for August 31
“So it is that I should mightily fear, with terror and trembling, this judgment on the day when no one shall be able to steal away or hide, but...