Daily Devotional for June 13-19
Sunday **This week excerpts from St. Nikolai’s Prologue The Lord did not even spare His apostles from temptations. That is why He gave them grace! When Satan himself began...
Orthodox Quote for June 12
“When we begin to reach out in prayer to our guardian angel, with love and deep gratitude, we can sense a personal closeness, and cultivate an actual relationship with...
Orthodox Quote for June 11
“Vanity makes us void and empty. When we do something for show, we end up empty in soul. What we do, we should do as thanksgiving to God —...
Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos on the Ascension
On the fortieth day after his Resurrection, the Lord departed this world in the body and ascended into heaven, where he sits at the right hand of the Father....
Orthodox Quote for June 10
“A Holy Father is, first, a member of the Orthodox Church and a saint–that is, a baptized believer, known for the holiness and great virtue of his life, who...
Orthodox Quote for June 9
“Our task is not to judge who might be a tare – our task is to strive that the fruit of wheat may grow in us, and leave the...
Orthodox Quote for June 8
“Let us patiently endure the sorrows of life, that we may attain the eternal things full of joy. “In vain does every mortal trouble himself; as soon as we...
Orthodox Quote for June 7
“We have one objective: to acquire hearts of pure and vigilant worship. But we have a problem. Something in us blocks us from God. It makes us oblivious. Instead...
Learning from the Pandemic
God is love. In His love He has allowed — not “sent” — this pandemic to us who are living in a very fallen world. In referring to problems...
Fr. George Calciu Writes on the Nearness of Angels
If you preserve at least a small part of your child-like purity, a small part of your innocence, you will always hear the voice of your angel, guiding you...