Orthodox Quote for April 21
“The services of Holy Week are not just memory exercises. Holy Week is a single unbroken Liturgy that over ten days invites us to participate in the saving love...
Orthodox Quote for April 20
“Chastity is the sanctification of the members. It is freedom from the chains of passion and the source of purity, the adornment of morality…When the spirit of man retreats...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Faith is the main engine of your souls, the main driving force of your word, the main light of your reason and the main inspiration of all your endeavors...
Orthodox Quote for April 19
“Unfortunately, brethren, we do not like to acknowledge our transgressions. It would seem natural and easy for a person to know his own self, his own soul and his...
Orthodox Quote for April 18
“The Western teaching that the Holy Virgin was born without sin was not accepted by any Christians until the Papal church adopted this doctrine in the ninth century. From...
Orthodox Quote for April 17
“The fruits of such a misuse of free will are many and destructive, but perhaps the most virulent of these fruits of the misuse of free will is arrogance....
Orthodox Devotion for Sunday, April 17
Gospel: Mark 10:32-45 Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt who left a life of lust and sex to repent in the desert for the rest of her life,,...
Orthodox Quote for April 16
“When the faithful man, who always pays strict attention to the commandments of God, performs all that the divine commandments enjoin and directs his mind toward their sublimity, that...
Orthodox Quote for April 15
“Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled” (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Orthodox News Briefs for 04/16/16
SHROUD OF TURIN AND CLOTHE ARE FROM THE SAME PERSON CHRISTIAN MILITIA IRAQ (*Note: article is biased but informative) ROMANIAN ORTHODOX ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY 37% OF NEW CHURCH BUILDINGS...