Orthodox Quote for October 30
“Don’t go backwards in the spiritual life! If you decide to start the Jesus Prayer, you have to choose some time out of the twenty-four hours. It’s acrobatics—get up...
Orthodox Quote for October 29
“Remember what man is. He is the image of God, a child of God, a Christian, an inheritor of the Kingdom, a member of Christ. We must therefore esteem...
Orthodox Quote for October 28
“I believe in a continuous conversion. It lasts a lifetime. It is the very process of transition from death to life. I feel I could follow this path forever...
Orthodox Quote for October 27
“Even if prayer is common for us, it always demands preparation. What is more common for those who can read and write than reading and writing? However, sitting down...
Orthodox Quote for October 26
“For this reason righteousness and peace are now far departed from you, inasmuch as every one abandons the fear of God, and is become blind in His faith, neither walks...
Why So Few Monks and Nuns?
When, outside of speaking about the life of a saint who lived a monastic life which is normally presented as then and there and not a relevant life to...
Orthodox Quote for October 25
“Any other choice of cohabitation outside of a Church marriage is a perversion of the Law of God and is in clear contradiction to what the Church believes and...
Daily Devotional for October 25-31
Sunday Matthew 6:5“ And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the...
Orthodox Quote for October 24
“According to the Holy Fathers, diseases are given for spiritual purification and the salvation of the soul. It is often through a disease that a man finds his way...
Orthodox Quote for October 23
“You see the Lord sacrificed, and laid upon the altar, and the priest standing and praying over the victim, and all the worshippers empurpled with that precious Blood … Oh! What a marvel! What love of...