Orthodox Quote for December 30
“It’s simply a crime to repress childlike joy and to force children to be gloomy and serious… Their childhood should be filled with joy, light, and fun games whenever...
Orthodox Quote for December 29
“Do not concern yourself with the devil, nor pray for him to leave. The more you pray for him to leave, the more tightly he embraces you. Show contempt...
Orthodox Quote for December 28
“Nor could God have known man in the womb unless he were a whole man…Was it, then, a dead body at that stage? Surely it was not, for ‘God...
The ‘Cross’ of Our Era
We have our time. We have our place—our generation, in the21st century, in America. I did not think we were worthy of a calling to sainthood. How were we...
Orthodox Quote for December 27
““Man becomes through Jesus Christ the son of God and the brother of Jesus Christ-God. This is the highest dignity and state to which he is raised. But what else...
Daily Devotional for December 27 – January 2
Sunday Elder Cleopa+ on the Need for Tradition and not the ‘Bible alone’… “We must uphold Holy Tradition with great reverence and godliness, for not all that is needful...
Orthodox Quote for December 26
““I could have asked, ‘Why then was He not called Immanuel, but Jesus Christ? The angel did not say You will call, but they will call, that is, the multitudes of...
Orthodox Quote for December 25
“At this glorious feast I too proclaim to you with the angel that God is with us, that God has not forsaken us, that God has not forgotten His creation...
Orthodox Quote for December 24
“…what is Orthodoxy? But this question is basic; if we aren’t sure just what Orthodoxy is, we won’t know what we’re trying to preserve and develop against the spirit...
Orthodox Quote for December 23
“I have seen and experienced in many ways that if the grace of God does not enlighten a person, no matter how much you speak to him, you cannot...