Orthodox Quote for June 24
“Sin embroils us; sin makes children quarrel with parents, nations with nations; it gives birth to wars, sometimes even fratricidal wars. Wars are multiplied because sin is multiplied in...
Orthodox Quote for June 23
“The sins of thought are not an unimportant matter for the Christian, because all that is pleasing to God in us is comprised, according to Saint Macarius of Egypt,...
Orthodox Quote for June 22
“The All-good God, my good child, does not do anything that is not for the benefit of our soul. Whether it be an illness or a temptation, whatever He...
Simeon Archbishop of Thessalonica+ on the Jesus Prayer
“Let every pious man continually repeat this Name as a prayer in his mind and with his tongue. Let him always constrain himself to do this while standing, travelling,...
Orthodox Quote for June 21
“I don’t tell you or advise you to despise God’s works, or to think there is anything against your faith in what the good God has made good. But...
Daily Devotional for June 21-27
Sunday 1 John 4:8… Let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth...
Elder St. Paisios on Having Simplicity
“If a person who has actual simplicity says or does something, no matter how peculiar, other people will not be disturbed by it, because the simple person has the...
Orthodox Quote for June 20
“…when we enter into discussions with other Christian communities we must not compromise the holy Orthodox faith. Without fanaticism but with firmness of clarity in our contacts with other...
Orthodox Quote for June 19
“Keep your mind in hell and despair not.” (St. Silouan the Athonite, part of his final words)
Orthodox Quote for June 18
“All Christians, clergy, laity and monks, when rising from sleep must first think of and remember Christ. They must offer this remembrance to Christ as a sacrifice and first-fruits...