Abot Silouan on Repentance
During Great Lent of , when all the Orthodox were focused on repentance, covid-19 became pandemic in America. The tenor of our community’s customary Lenten solitude was uniquely colored...
Orthodox Quote for January 24
“Holiness is not simply righteousness, for which the righteous merit the enjoyment of blessedness in the Kingdom of God, but rather such a height of righteousness that men are...
Daily Devotional for January 24-30
Sunday Luke 10: After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also,* and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was...
Orthodox Quote for January 23
“Don’t have a hypocritical attitude. By this I don’t mean to give up your intellect and discernment, but rather to place them in obedience to a ‘believing heart’ –...
Orthodox Quote for January 22
“…what is outward, for instance, rituals are slippery customers, they are like dangerous underwater rocks: they have a tendency to become sufficient unto themselves. It is very good when...
Orthodox Quote for January 21
“Nowhere does a child learn goodness in the same way as he learns it by following the examples of his parents and loved ones…we pray that modern families, large...
Orthodox Quote for January 20
“Old age is a providential gift from God. It gives us the chance to pay the utmost price for our life: humility. Growing old, we are willing to give...
Orthodox Quote for January 19
“If a king wanted to take possession of his enemy’s city, he would begin by cutting off the water and the food and so his enemies, dying of hunger, would submit...
Orthodox Quote for January 18
“Pay attention to what I tell you: whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy Scriptures; in whatever...
Metropolitan Anthony Pakanich on Old Age…
What can each of us give back to the Lord? Humility. In God’s eyes, it has the ultimate value. How can we comprehend the meaning of humility? Imminent and...