Daily Devotional for July 17 – 23
Sunday *Wisdom from Orthodox Elders this week Elder St Paisios on Obeying God… “We are truly free, in the spiritual sense, when we obey the will of God. But...
Orthodox Quote for July 16
“Whoever strives towards God and really wants to become Christ’s follower must follow Him, endeavoring to improve himself and become a new person, not retaining anything within oneself that...
Orthodox Quote for July 30
“No matter how much we have transgressed, let us not despair, and let us know that God allows us to sin so that we can humble ourselves. Otherwise, we...
Orthodox Quote for July 15
“…this secularization of the Church herself that forces so many people, especially the young ones, simply to leave the Church, where no one reveals to them what her real...
Orthodox Quote for July 14
“The corporate prayer of the Body of Christ in the Daily Offices, and the Communion with our Lord in the Holy Eucharist, but especially that third component of our...
Orthodox Quote for July 13
“If one understands the mysteries of spiritual life and the mystical way in which God works, he ceases worrying over what happens to him, because he accepts joyfully the...
Orthodox Quote for July 12
“…you can talk about evil from a philosophical point of view. Tell them that we have two selves, a good and a bad. We must cultivate the good self....
Orthodox Quote for July 11
“It is now high time-the twelfth hour-time for our Church representatives to cease being nothing but the servants of nationalism and for them to become bishops and priests of...
Elder St. Porphyrios on the Indwelling of the Spirit…
The person who is worthy of God is filled with the Holy Spirit. He has divine grace. God, in the mystery of Christ, gives him joy, peace, meekness, and...
Orthodox Quote for July 10
“The Church does not take anything away from you, it does not hurt you, or inhibit the quality of your life, but rather the contrary – whatever good things...