Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“… There is no way he can know the human heart. Only God has knowledge of our hearts and sometimes He reveals what is in our hearts to those...
Orthodox Quote for August 11
“The faithful shouldn’t tell others of things they have confessed, of details of their life or their spiritual endeavor.” (Elder Iakovos Tsalikis+, counsels)
Orthodox Quote for August 10
“We live in a time of Babylon, a time of the Apocalypse, when the devil is roaring. He tries to strike the whole world. But most of all, he...
Orthodox Quote for August 9
“We can call our bodies themselves our beds, in which our souls linger very comfortably as if in a bed…Blessed is the one whose bed the Lord turns in...
Orthodox Quote for August 8
“It has never been easy to hear the message of faith. In our day we are usually so engrossed in the problems of earthly existence that we simply have...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“We should remember this phrase when we look at our own feeble Orthodoxy in the free world: are we content to have beautiful churches and chanting; do we perhaps...
Orthodox Quote for August 7
“There is a weeping that springs from contemplating eternal good and longing for future light, and tears of joy and desire cannot help but break out as the soul...
Daily Devotional for Sunday, August 7
REGIMUS: Allegorically; By these two blind men are denoted the two nations of Jews and Gentiles, or the two nations of the Jewish race; for in the time of...
Orthodox Quote for August 6
“Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot...
Orthodox Quote for August 5
“In Protestantism I became acquainted with the Christ of the Gospel. And in Orthodoxy, I have met the Christ Who lives now, in the sacraments of the body of...