Orthodox Quote for December 31
“Among spiritual writings you should read especially those addressed to people living in the world, or which give the ABCs of spiritual life—such as St. John of Kronstadt’s ‘My...
Orthodox Quote for December 30
“We have put the light burden on one side, that is to say, self-accusation, and we have loaded ourselves with a heavy one, that is to say, #8221; (John...
Wisdom From Modern Orthodox Elders
“… I was given another parrot… It was also wild to begin with just like the first one. In the same way with prayer and gentleness I tamed this...
Orthodox Quote for December 29
“…But who is to work for the spread of the Orthodox faith, for the increase of the children of the Orthodox Church? Pastors and missionaries, you answer. You are...
Orthodox Quote for December 28
“What is right and just one may openly approve, and what is evil and unrighteous one must as openly condemn, that is the Church’s business. But to meddle with...
Orthodox Quote for December 27
“Spiritual life cannot be renewed except through much prayer, through good spiritual fathers, through the abandonment of earthly cares, and through great struggle for that which is divine, asking...
Orthodox Quote for December 26
“All of us, at every moment of our lives, are in absolute need of Divine grace, which is given to man through pain and effort. When we pray in...
Wisdom From Modern Orthodox Elders
“When a Christian forgives his neighbor some transgression he forgets that sin and does not talk about it to others. But you are committing two sins. First you are...
Orthodox Quote for December 25
“After many types, prefigurings, messengers and heralds, prophets and righteous men, wise men and kings, finally He appeared, the Lord of the world and King of kings, to perform the...
Daily Devotional Readings for the Week of December 25
Sunday (Summary of the Nativity) Saint Nikolai Velimirovich: But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son (Galatians 4: 4) to save the human...