Orthodox Quote for March 3
“Every major religion regards fornication as one of ‘the’ most grave sins that can be committed. Yet in the Western nations physical relations between youth is often regarded as...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for March 3-9
Sunday 1 Corinthinan 8: But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the...
Orthodox Quote for March 2
“The New Testament also offers no support to the notion that everyone who dies somehow immediately attains eternal bliss. Our Lord’s parable of Lazarus and the rich man in...
Orthodox Quote for March 1
“People can no longer find themselves, because they are free to become everyone else. Yet, no lasting joy has ever been found in obsessing with self, and Satan is...
Elder St. Porphyrios on True Humility
“The humble person believes that all things depend on Christ and that Christ gives His grace and in that way he makes progress. The person who possesses holy humility...
Orthodox Quote for February 28
“It is said that after the death of the first three evangelists, the three Gospels were brought to John while he yet lived that he might see them and...
Orthodox Quote for February 27
“Even if it be disease or poverty…, for seen and unseen benefits…, and for those which we receive against our will; …but also whenever we are either in poverty,...
Orthodox Quote for February 26
“You know very well what the ancient holy fathers predicted concerning our times. It was said: They will be saved by faith, the endurance of sorrows and illnesses, and...
Orthodox Quote for February 25
“We believe that the saints come to be present in their images or icons, just as Christ is present in us all who are made in the image and...
Elder St Paisios on Christ’s Suffering
“If Christ had that worldly logic that many spiritual people have today, He would not have left His Throne in Heaven to descend to earth, to suffer and be...