Orthodox Quote for September 28
“Today it seems nearly impossible to do the services under our home conditions. Work, family, a million cares… But we should at least try, and if we don’t pray...
Fr. Themi on Giving All for Christ (Part 2)…
So, we are called to declare the son in the presence of all the world. Now, to love the son means that we deliberately declare ourselves to be the...
Orthodox Quote for September 27
“Salvation doesn’t mean believing in a vague notion of God’s love and forgiveness (as in liberal churches) or in “just accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior” (as...
Daily Devotional for September 27 – October 3
Sunday John 4:33 Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will...
Orthodox Quote for September 26
“To keep our own foreheads free of the mark [of the Beast], we will need to pay more attention to who says what about our world, seek other sources...
Orthodox Quote for September 25
“That God abides in us we know by the Spirit, which He has given us. This means that a Christian is never alone, but that he lives and works...
Orthodox Quote for September 24
“Though we may be forgetful of this, Orthodox Christians have already received the Gift of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of Chrismation. Our daily task, then, is to...
Fr. Themi on Giving All for Christ (Part 1)…
“Yesterday’s conflated Gospel reading (Matthew 10:32 – 33; 37 – 38; 19: 27 – 30) has been given to us by our church as a reminder that, after celebrating...
Orthodox Quote for September 23
“There is a kind of leprosy of the soul. It is numbness of the heart. A leper loses a sense of touch, can no longer enjoy taste or colors....
Orthodox Quote for September 22
“There is therefore nothing in common between idolatry and the veneration of icons. The icon is not something standing before the human person as a sole and self-sufficient object...