Orthodox Quote for May 14
“…if they give a promise and become engaged – and it’s good if the duration of the engagement is not overly extended – he should try during the period...
Orthodox Quote for May 13
“Amidst all your worldly pleasures, man, the greatest misfortune hangs over you. You are a sinner ; you are God’s enemy; you are in great danger of losing eternal...
Fr George Maximov on Atheists…
Look at atheists, with what hatred some of them speak of Christ and the Church! This can’t be explained merely by unbelief. For instance, I don’t believe in Buddha,...
Orthodox Quote for May 12
“The development of Orthodox worship was completed in Byzantium, , of that Rule which completes it and makes of it a system permitting almost no progress or change: the...
Orthodox Quote for May 11
“We have eaten His Body in place of the fruit of the Tree…, the curse has been washed away by His innocent blood and in the hope of resurrection…...
Orthodox Quote for May 10
“Sometimes I hear from parents: “Today our son didn’t come to the Liturgy because he has gone to tennis practice.” Okay, but what is more important to you: tennis...
Orthodox Quote for May 9
“The secular mind cannot see death as anything other than ‘the end’, and thus a thing to flee from as the utmost evil. For this reason, the avoidance of...
Daily Devotional for May 9-15
Sunday *Readings from St Nikolai’s Prologue this week Brethren, “The Seal of the Gift of the Holy Spirit” is recited over all of us who are baptized by water...
Orthodox Quote for May 8
“So this is how the Holy Eucharist is Christ the Lord Himself, He is our Passover. The word Pascha means passing over. The passing was through the Red Sea,...
Orthodox Quote for May 7
“From our limited human perspective, sometimes it appears that evil wins out, sometimes it appears that hope has been lost, sometimes it appears that hatred is too great, sometimes...