Orthodox Quote for February 14
“Manifold dangers are incurred by speaking; the remedy for which Scripture shows to consist in silence.” (St Ambrose ‘On the Duties of the Clergy’)
Daily Devotional February 14-20
Sunday Luke 12:49“ I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and...
Orthodox Quote for February 13
“Without a doubt, we feel compassion for those afflicted and dying as a result of the pandemic, for which cause we desire to see it come to an end,...
Orthodox Quote for February 12
“Regimes come and regimes go. The Church finds favor and the Church loses favour in the eyes of the world…We will carry on, looking for a City whose foundations and...
Orthodox Quote for February 11
“Patient endurance is doing the right thing, making the right effort, holding to the truth that has been delivered to us, no matter what is going on, who’s doing...
Orthodox Quote for February 10
“It is impossible to escape tribulation in this world but the man who is given over to the will of God bears tribulation easily, seeing it but putting his...
Orthodox Quote for February 9
“The best way to defeat the devil is by patience. As long as we endure and do not take revenge, the spirit of peace calms us. To the degree...
Orthodox Quote for February 8
“Orthodoxy IS difficult compared to the Western denominations; but still — anyone who is capable of wanting a demanding faith is capable of accepting Orthodoxy. We have to sow...
Elder St Porphyrios on Blaming Ourselves
Christ gives everything. We must all be humble: in thought, in word and in behaviour. We will never go before God and say, ‘I have virtues.’ God does not want...
Orthodox Quote for February 7
“It is perhaps no coincidence, then, that as a growing number of people profess no religion, ‘lying is on the rise’. In the present context, ‘winning’ (that is, securing...