Elder Paisios on Envy
“This is why I say that each person should look to see if they actually have within themselves the very same blessing they envy in someone else, or that...
Orthodox Quote for March 14
“When a person remains completely obedient to his conscience and implements whatever it tells him, he is not reproved by it anymore—not that its voice has weakened, but rather...
Orthodox Quote for March 13
“Each person should find the gift that God has given him and praise the benevolent God – not with pride or hypocrisy, but with humility – by recognizing that...
Orthodox Quote for March 12
“We mustn’t look at Lent as a ban. Fasting is one of the voluntary components of spiritual practice, and keeping the fast is an expression of our obedience to...
Elder St. Paisios on God the Good Father
“We should not be ungrateful to God our Good Father, Who has endowed all His creatures with various gifts, because He knows what each one of us needs so...
Orthodox Quote for March 11
“Many fast in the body, but do not fast with the soul. Many fast from food and drink, but do not fast from evil thoughts, deeds and words. And...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for March 11-17
Sunday Mark 8: 34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself,...
Orthodox Quote for March 10
“God hears the prayers of the just. This is clearly seen from the lives of …Old Testament righteous ones and prophets, as well as from the lives of the...
Orthodox Quote for March 10
“Christ doesn’t expect us to submit to a cold, impersonal, moral law, but rather that, at every moment of our lives, we should deny our will, our preferences, our...
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi+ on Grace
“Freeing ourselves from sin is not an immediate but a gradual process which resembles growing up. Through our perseverance, the purification of the heart is attained to slowly and...