Orthodox Quote for December 19
“The more you focus on experiencing the joyfulness of what’s around you, gratitude becomes the natural response. When you’re filled with delight at how beautiful something is, you automatically...
Orthodox Quote for December 18
“Never have the obstacles to true Christian life been greater than those facing us today. One could cite many external enemies of Christianity in the contemporary world, but it...
Orthodox Quote for December 17
“Trust in God, Who has created them and keeps them under His care. For if a leaf does not fall from a tree without His divine will, how much...
Archimandrite Sergius on Giving Thanks
“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God concerning you in Christ Jesus” (Thes 5:18.) Everything in our life is a gift, “for what do we...
Orthodox Quote for December 16
“The grace of the Holy Spirit acting externally was also reflected in all the Old Testament prophets and Saints of Israel. The Hebrews afterwards established special prophetic schools where...
Orthodox Quote for December 15
“God created woman equal with man, not inferior… Both of you have the same Faith, the same Baptism, the same Book of the Gospels, the same Holy Communion, the...
Orthodox Quote for December 14
“We should live on earth like a wheel turns: it touches the earth only at one little point, while all the rest of it ceaselessly rushes upward; but we,...
Orthodox Quote for December 13
“…every passionate thought is tied to the earth, with matter, and always takes a certain form, it’s a certain type. And if our heart or word does not accept...
Daily Devotional December 13-19
Sunday John 6:60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this [that you must eat Christ’s flesh] , said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?” 61...
Orthodox Quote for December 12
“When your mind does wander during prayer, bring it back. When it wanders again, bring it back again. Each and every time that you read a prayer while your...