Orthodox Quote for May 16
“So there are many vendors of religious ideas who turn God into a show, deceiving those in search of easy happiness. Do you seek excitement? Satan will give it...
Daily Devotional for May 16-22
Sunday Chronological reading of the Gospels continued… Luke 17:1 Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through...
Orthodox Quote for May 15
“Everything is acquired through prayer… You’re now approaching the first step, yet you haven’t claimed it but just getting close. You have to pass through the door and by...
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...