Orthodox Quote for August 8
“If a person pays attention to himself and lives a decent life according to God’s commandments, then he feels the presence of God inside him, beside him and in...
Orthodox Quote for August 7
“…if we don’t want to lose out in vain, worldly gains, how much more must we be careful not to harm ourselves spiritually! Worldly people seek material gain and...
Orthodox Quote for August 6
“’The heavens’ also mean the virtues, and the keys to the heavens are labors. For by laboring we enter into each of the virtues as if by means of...
Fr. Themi on Leadership…
“A leader is someone who leads from the front. A leader is not a boss. The boss tells you what to do because he can. A leader engages with...
Orthodox Quote for August 5
“’Go ye therefore, and leach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all...
Orthodox Quote for August 4
“Christian religion is not a certain philosophic system, about which learned men, trained in metaphysical studies, argue and then either espouse or reject, according to the opinion each one...
Orthodox Quote for August 3
“It is better to be glorified than ashamed and better to be blessed than cursed, just as life is better than death and health is better than disease and...
Sergei Komarov on Christians and Love…
“In the first centuries of Christianity, entering the Church meant a fundamental change in someone’s life. Rare exceptions apart, no one was accepted into a Christian community immediately. A...
Orthodox Quote for August 2
“Hopefully, on a personal level, the primary response all of us have had to the COVID crisis has been prayer—the prayer of repentance, the sobering remembrance of our individual...
Daily Devotional for August 2 – 8
Sunday Romans 6:19… I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity...