Orthodox Quote for February 2
“These sacrifices, which by you are offered to devils, neither can avail the worshippers, nor fulfill the desires and petitions of the suppliants. Rather, whosoever shall offer sacrifice to...
Orthodox Quote for February 1
“This old man is present as an ideal in fiction, and especially in modern to us again and again, this idea of the old man, as a living...
Orthodox Quote for January 31
“Demons do not know what is in our hearts, as some people imagine. There is only One to Whom all hearts are open — God, Who knows the human...
Elder Cleopha on the Nature of Salvation…
Some religious confessions teach that personal salvation presupposes the action of Divine Grace alone, according to Calvin, or the grace of faith, of trust in God, according to...
Orthodox Quote for January 30
“The work of piety and communion with God is a work of much labor and much pain, especially in the beginning. Where can we find the power to undertake...
Daily Devotional for January 30 – February 6
Sunday **We will begin a series on the Gospels with commentary from Archbishop Averky* Luke 1:1-4 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of...
Orthodox Quote for January 29
“When from your desire to please yourself your heart shifts from its position of self-denial, then like a very heavy stone that has shifted from its position on a...
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...