Orthodox Quote for April 4
“…giving in to the spirit of idle talk, we speak to make ourselves look better, which leads us to be judgmental and slanderous. We live in an age of...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“They take a spiritual book, sit comfortably, and begin reading. “Oh, I profited from that,” they say. It would be better to say, “I enjoyed myself, I spent my...
Orthodox Quote for April 3
“Then they will call upon me, and I will not listen…” You see how they cry out that it be opened for them; driven by sorrow at their rejection,...
Sunday Devotion for April 3
St. John Chrysostom on Mark 8:34-9:1 “And this He says, because it may happen that a man may suffer and yet not follow Christ, that is, when he does...
Orthodox Quote for April 2
“Some agree that the world in general is not ruled by accidents, but by God. However, they think that God does not care about each and every one, because...
Orthodox Quote for March 31
“More than anything he counseled us to maintain these three things: fear of God, vigilance of the mind (keeping it pure of evil thoughts and imaginings) and not to...
Orthodox Quote for March 30
“Someone who is truly in a spiritual state must possess and exemplify spiritual discernment; otherwise he will forever remain attached to the “letter of the Law”, and the letter...
Orthodox Quote for March 29
“If the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness” (Fyodor Dostoyevsky, collected quotes)
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Quite often, people begin with good intentions, but look where they may find themselves! This was the case with the “icon-worshippers” and the “iconoclasts” of the past: both cases...
Orthodox Quote for March 28
“He who has acquired perfect love for God goes through this life as if he did not exist. For he considers himself a stranger to all that is visible,...