Orthodox Quote for January 18
“It has become ‘bon ton’ in certain Orthodox circles to say that a person has “over-prayed”: he reads a prayer rule, canons, kathismas, and is just too pious. This...
Orthodox Quote for January 17
“A timid faith is a vain faith. A timid word is an empty sound. Christ spoke as one who had authority, not timidly, like the pharisees and the sinners....
Orthodox Quote for January 16
“Today, by God’s mercy, you lie on a featherbed of earthly wellbeing and hear the sounds of human praise. Take care that you don’t consider that just or that...
Orthodox Quote for January 15
“True repentance begins when a person becomes aware of his fault, is pained by it, asks forgiveness from God, and then makes his confession. This is how divine consolation...
Orthodox Quote for January 14
“…there are some very healthy people who voluntarily forgo all kinds of pleasures, who neither walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners,...
Orthodox Quote for January 13
“If you make your good acts known and are proud of them, they are crossed off. You have labored in vain and will fall into sin.” (Elder St Paisios...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for January 13-19
Sunday Ephesians 4: But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity...
Orthodox Quote for January 12
“Love comes in the heart gradually through good deeds. When we do good things for people they cease to be indifferent to us – for we are no longer...
Orthodox Quote for January 11
“If you love God, you spend time with Him, both at home and in the Church. The same way as a man should act toward a wife that he...
Orthodox Quote for January 10
“We must do all things with faith and hope, for “whatever is not from faith is sin.” No matter how rough the sea of passions becomes, and even if...