Orthodox Quote for January 4
“The most powerful ‘word’ that can help and build others up is the ‘word’ of your actions. Make your life an #8221; (From ‘The Veil’ of the Protection of...
St. Paisios on the Power of the Theotokos
“I’ve met morally depraved men with a “carnal mindedness” who married pious Orthodox women leading a spiritual way of life. These husbands so clearly perceived their wives’ spiritual purity...
Elder St. Paisios on Judging
“What I think is not always correct; I often make mistakes. In such and such a situation I had the same thoughts as now, and it turned out that...
Orthodox Quote for January 3
“The liturgical prayers which seem perfunctory become our own when) when they are said with meaning and care… In this way the soul is cultivated without our realizing. Bloodlessly....
Orthodox Quote for January 2
“The whole history of Christianity is a continual struggle between realities and illusions. All the wars between Christians and pagans, and between Christians themselves, from the time of Christ...
Orthodox Quote for January 1
“…we encounter a very different, encouraging and hopeful interpretation of such disastrous events. At the same time the Church prays for deliverance from fire and disasters and evils of...
Elder Joseph on the Struggle for Grace’
“Now you see that grace has come again. Be careful, because it will leave again. And when it leaves, be brave, patient, and perfectly obedient. It will return again....
Orthodox Quote for December 31
“… Man cannot escape God’s eye even as regards the smallest things, even in the most secret places for God is present everywhere. He cannot lie to God without...
Daily Devotional for December 31 – January 6
Sunday Matthew 2:13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee...
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...