Orthodox Quote for December 30
“The heavenly knowledge to which the ascetics of old attained does not differ from the heavenly knowledge to which the ascetics of today attain. For, as Christ is the...
Orthodox Quote for December 29
“God wants from us our good intentions, our good will, which will be expressed by even our limited but full of philotimo spiritual struggle, and the awareness of our...
Elder St Porphyrios on Worship
“The divine services are a very great affair. They are everything. I have experienced this. The precondition is for everything to be done with eras, with interest and with...
Orthodox Quote for December 28
“When we are confronted by the ruins of human love and find ourselves completely broken, then two solutions can be given: either we turn to God with our pain,...
Orthodox Quote for December 26
“Christ is born, and just as the shepherds we will go out glorifying and praising God for all that we have seen in the light of this holy Feast…As...
Orthodox Quote for December 27
“The world longs for authentic love but seems to remain mired in the global tragedies that we witness every day. In our horizontal and human relations with one another,...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Meaningful Prayer
“You are often forced to do what is good. But it mustn’t be done under duress; it’s not beneficial, it’s not spiritually edifying. Take, for example, the Jesus Prayer....
Orthodox Quote for December 25
“Let us glorify God! With the coming of the Son of God in the flesh upon the earth, with His offering Himself up as a sacrifice for the sinful...
Elder Paisios on a Good Home
“Children will get more sensible and experienced with time. Right now they may not understand what is good because their mind has not yet matured. Their mind is cloudy...
Orthodox Quote for December 24
“We should regard Christ as our friend. … With familiarity, love and trust let us run to Him — not with fear that He will punish us, but with...