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...
Daily Devotional for December 24-30
Sunday Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the...
Elder Ephraim on Love
“Love demands discretion, and discretion, in turn, is an art. If you are unfamiliar with the art of love, then you do not know how to love. Love overlooks...