Orthodox Quote for December 15
“When you throw a nail into a fire, it gets hot and starts to glow like fire. In the same way you, when you listen to divine teachings and...
Elder Joseph on Fighting the Passions
Be careful and don’t trust yourself even if you think they have left. The prayers of your elders drive them away tern porarily, but they will come back again....
Orthodox Quote for December 14
“In the villages, my child, when the villagers wish to tie their donkey for grazing, it is not necessary to tie it by all four feet. It suffices to...
Orthodox Quote for December 13
“You see, in the world, if one lives a little spiritually, he might be able to see many vices in others but not see any virtues. He might not...
Elder St. Paisios on Envy
“Envy weakens us spiritually. Why do you think the Apostles, having received such authority from Christ and having expelled other demons, were not able to expel the demon from...
Orthodox Quote for December 12
“The divine services of the Church are words in which we converse and speak to God with our worship and with our love. The hours spent closest to Paradise...
Orthodox Quote for December 11
“The ancient martyrs testified to the later New Martyrs about that Truth for which they suffered and died. Their example inspired our New Martyrs. The Church offers their example...
Orthodox Quote for December 10
“The grace of the priesthood is something very special. It is like an external element of nourishment, from which priests get energy. But this grace is not his, it’s...
St. Nikolai: ‘Love the Sinner’
“Love the sinner as well! Do not fly away from the sinners, but go to them without fear. After all–whoever you may be–you are not much better than they...
Daily Devotional for December 10-16
Sunday Luke 17:12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said,...