Orthodox Quote for December 24
“It is all too easy for us to diminish our human dignity – a gift from God – when we attempt to make the “vices” of the world into...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Simplicity and gentleness are a very saintly mode of spiritual life but you cannot learn this in an external way. It must suffuse itself mystically within you so that...
Orthodox Quote for December 23
“In the industrial era, people became consumers and slaves to things produced. In post-industrial society, they are also becoming consumers and slaves to images and information, which fill their...
Orthodox Quote for December 22
“Someone busy trying to understand himself has no time to notice the shortcomings of others. Judge yourself — and you will stop judging #8221; (St. Seraphim of Sarov, collected...
Orthodox Quote for December 21
“Even if you already appear to be with God, beware the demon of fornication; for it has great fascination and is full of cunning, constantly trying to overcome the...
Orthodox Quote for December 20
“When you say the prayer turn your intellects attention to each word. When you work it is both allowed and imposed that you pray. But when you pray, you...
Orthodox Quote for December 19
“…faith is not an abstract theory but a positive teaching that demands certain behavior and imposes definite responsibilities, not everyone is willing to change his life around to adapt...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Compel yourselves; say the prayer; stop idle talk; close your mouth to criticism; placed doors and locks against unnecessary words. Time passes and does not come back and woe...
Orthodox Quote for December 18
“Indeed, the Church…is a special civil society, interested not in politics but in the whole way of life and man’s rejuvenation, so that he then becomes a wise citizen....
Daily Devotional Readings for the Week of December 18
Sunday Matthew 1:1-25 (ancestors of Jesus listed) VENERABLE AUGUSTINE: Matthew, by beginning with Christ’s genealogy, shews that he has undertaken to relate Christ’s birth according to the flesh. But...