Orthodox Quote for December 4
“How can God allow for such a harsh thing to happen? Doesn’t God feel pain – God’s pain for the people who are suffering from ill nesses, from demons,...
Orthodox Quote for December 3
“Courage means going against the current. As you know, only dead fish flow freely wherever the river flows, while living fish flow upstream to the pure spring and the...
Orthodox Quote for December 2
“When we remember death, we find an excellent guide that helps us discover the truth of things. Death says, “Why are you treasuring things up, why are you proud,...
Orthodox Quote for December 1
“The Fall, as St. Gregory of Nyssa indicated, involved the mind like a mirror receiving the image of formless matter instead of reflecting God as before. In effect, the...
Orthodox Quote for November 30
“He who voluntarily does not accept labors as good works (in their defense) will be punished with involuntary far more burdensome ones.” (St Mark the Ascetic, collected quotes from...
Orthodox Quote for November 29
“The Church lived the truth of the Gospel even before anything was committed to writing, having lived by Holy Tradition from the outset. Thus, Holy Tradition is this: the...
Elder St. Porphyrios on the Danger of Delusion…
The most dreadful delusion can be created by spiritual prayer. Other prayers are prayed to a large extent by our mind. We simply say them and our ears hear...
Orthodox Quote for November 28
“So whatever good thing a person thinks, it is due to the grace And now, if you exert yourself in the prayer and pray continuously, if you read lives...
Daily Devotional for November 28 – December 4
Sunday Ecclesiastes 5: Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do...
Orthodox Quote for November 27
“ Moral heroes are the warriors of the Spirit. We must venerate them and raise them to the heights worthy of their holy transports. They are the models after...