Orthodox Quote for October 22
“When we are wronged and we accept this injustice, then in fact we gain. For example, am I wrongfully accused of having committed a crime and imprisoned unjustly? That’s...
Orthodox Quote for October 21
“We should ponder these things and other such things so that we can trace out more clearly what kind of goal we have and so that we can run...
Orthodox Quote for October 20
“Be watchful, lest you consent to the sinful thoughts assailing you. Never allow conjunction between them and your mind. If you give assent to such thoughts, you have already...
Daily Devotional for October 20 – 26
Sunday 1 Peter 2:16 To silence, by honest living, the ignorant 16 chatter of fools; that is what God expects of you. Free men, but the liberty you enjoy is...
Orthodox Quote for October 19
“We have also said that courtesy of speech has great effect in winning favor. But we want it to be sincere and sensible, without flattery, lest flattery should disgrace...
Orthodox Quote for October 16
“We should know that there are three modes of temptation; suggestion, delight, and consent; and we when we are tempted commonly fall into delight or consent, because being born...
Orthodox Quote for October 18
“Let us turn to the Lord with the whole heart, and call down the mercy of God, by expressing repentance for our offense by genuine grief. Before Him let...
Orthodox Quote for October 17
“A true Christian is made by faith and love of Christ. Our sins do not in the least hinder our Christianity, according to the word of the Savior Himself.”...
Orthodox Quote for October 15
“True nobility, however, is found in the beauty and substance of the soul. It does not recognize the slave by the price he fetches at a sale but by...
Orthodox Quote for October 14
“The Divine Liturgy is truly a heavenly service on earth, in which God Himself, in a particular, immediate, and most close manner is present and dwells with men ….There...