Orthodox Quote for November 21
“The Church does not cower in fear before the temptations of this world: she is the rock upon which those stand, who will not be tossed about by them....
Daily Devotional for November 21-27
**commentary from the Orthodox Study Bible Sunday Ecclesiastes 1: The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of...
Orthodox Quote for November 20
“Saint Isaac the Syrian says that suffering in this life consumes hell. That is to say, when the spiritual laws are in effect for someone’s life, a portion of...
Orthodox Quote for November 19
“The path of humility lasts as long as the days of our life. How else can we prepare ourselves to pass through the entryway into His Heavenly Kingdom if...
Orthodox Quote for November 18
“If we don’t confess our thoughts, they will become snakes and beasts and will eat us up. The farmer who found a frozen snake and put it next to...
Orthodox Quote for November 17
“The Lord allows the enemy to tempt us in order to prove us, in order to strengthen our spiritual powers in our struggle against the enemy, and so that...
Orthodox Quote for November 16
“Our life and our death is with our neighbour. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our brother, we have sinned against Christ.”...
Orthodox Quote for November 15
“We must uphold Holy Tradition with great reverence and godliness, for not all that is needful to effect our salvation is found within Holy Scripture. Holy Scripture instructs us...
Fr Seraphim Rose on our Missionary Calling…
We must therefore be aware of our calling as Orthodox Christians. We must know that we belong to the one Church which Christ established on earth; that through it...
Orthodox Quote for November 14
“Why is it that the different races of mankind consider their faith to be the one Divinely revealed? It is because God has revealed Himself to the first people...