Elder St Paisios on Lack of Discipline
“Their condition is the fault of their parents who never understood the nature of discipline. They give children such excessive freedoms that they turn them into little hooligans. You...
Orthodox Quote for August 27
“I think it depends on the environment children are growing in and the way this or that important idea is presented to them. We all were children years ago....
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Prayer
“Prayer is one of the foremost and strongest powers that causes him who prays to be born again, and it grants him bodily and spiritual well-being. Prayer is the...
Orthodox Quote for August 26
“He who keeps watch over the words he is about say also keeps watch over the deeds he intends to do, and he never goes out of the bounds...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for August 26- September 1
Sunday Matthew 21: 33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower....
Orthodox Quote for August 25
“Just as there is endless work in a carved wooden icon, when it is done with a magnifying glass, so there is endless work to be done in people’s...
Elder St Paisios on the Purpose of Fear
“Maybe someone suffered something as a child and is now afraid because of that. Many times the fear may be natural, but it can also stem from a lack...
Orthodox Quote for August 24
“Always be guided by your heart rather than by your head, and your life will be transformed. Happiness does not consist in living in a palace or enjoying a...
Orthodox Quote for August 23
“If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it.” (St. Basil the Great, Conversations)
Elder Joseph the Hesychast on the Whole Man
“So that is why there is such a big difference among the people and monks that you see. And that is why first and foremost you must “know thyself.”...