Orthodox Quote for June 3
“A Christian can draw even from pagan writers what will be useful and pleasing to his Christian life.” (St. Basil the Great, ‘Exhortation to Youth’)
Orthodox Quote for June 2
“Christianity was never intended to be a religion…but a life to be lived…Christianity is not a spectator sport… listening to the readings, hearing sermons or teaching, attending Bible studies...
Orthodox Quote for June 1
“I don’t want to get involved with anyone from the authorities; I don’t want to get involved in their affairs, or ask for their services so I could later...
Orthodox Quote for May 31
“…it is simply impossible to find in Tradition a basis and justification of our present practice of an extremely infrequent, if not yearly, communion of laity… (Fr Alexander Schmemann,...
Orthodox Quote for May 30
“This synthesis of faith was not made to accord with human opinions, but rather what was of the greatest importance was gathered from all the Scriptures, to present the...
Fr Alexey Young on Developing a Christian Conscience (Part 2)…
We should read the writings of the Holy Fathers of the Church and the Lives of the Saints. Blessed Theophan the Recluse explained this to one of his spiritual...
Orthodox Quote for May 29
“God wants us to be free human beings, and He wants us as free beings to give ourselves absolutely to Him, loving Him, as He, being free, gave Himself...
Daily Devotional for May 29-June 4
Sunday Continuing of St Stephen’s dialogue with the Jews… Acts 7: 44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it...
Orthodox Quote for May 28
“Consider how contrary to the mind of God are the heterodox in regard to the grace of God which has come to us. They have no regard for ...
Orthodox Quote for May 27
“Adam and Eve, the earliest humans, disrupted this relationship with God through the Fall. They became trapped in their own egotistical passions. They ceased being in a constant prayerful...