Devotional for Sunday, July 10
Reading is Matthew 6:22-33 ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM: “The eye He speaks of is not the external but the internal eye. The light is the understanding, through which the soul...
Orthodox Quote for July 9
“The Kingdom is taken by violence and force. That implies to me in a lot of ways that we can’t sit on the sidelines as passive observers. We have...
Orthodox Quote for July 8
“If birds that to-day are, and to-morrow are not, be nourished by God’s providence, without thought or toil of their own, how much more men to whom eternity is...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Man’s first enemy is the devil, the second is sin, and the third is death. The Lord Jesus conquered all three of these enemies of the human race. By...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Looking at Orthodoxy, at its present state and its prospects in the period before us, we may see two opposed aspects. First of all, there is the spirit of...
Orthodox Quote for July 5
“Unless someone is set free spiritually, they will never know true freedom. The best answers to emptiness, depression, and lack of meaning in life are to be found in...
Orthodox Quote for July 4
“Gazing upon God’s creatures and seeing their infinite variety, I see myself exalted above all their multitudes by the likeness and image of God, by the understanding and by...
Orthodox Quote for July 3
“Probably more than any other theologian of modern times, he quotes the services of the Church, because for him theology was not a matter of just reading books and...
Orthodox Quote for July 2
“If, then, we truly love Jesus Christ with our hearts and not just with our words, and if we are grateful to Him, are we then not bound to...
Devotion for Sunday, July 3
Commemoration of the Saints of North America “…to reach the Kingdom of Heaven, we should determine which path leads to it, how not to falter, what we must beware...