Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders…
“… Working animals were taken care of when they grew old and were no longer able to work; they even had a good old age. Back then people didn’t...
Quote for December 14
“Our well-fed bodies decay and emit an offensive odor after death, whilst theirs remained fragrant and flourishing in life as well as after death. It is a wonderful...
Quote for December 13
“We should view the non-Orthodox as people to whom Orthodoxy has not yet been revealed, as people who are potentially Orthodox (if only we ourselves would give them a...
Devotion for Sunday, December 13
Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders…
“A Christian does not “live in the clouds” as the saying goes. He understands reality and experiences it. What he reads in the Gospel and in the Fathers he...
Quote for December 12
“Whenever one is seated, moving about, or working, and if need be even in bed, and generally wherever an d however one finds oneself, one can say this little...
Quote for December 11
“”Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them” (Revelation...
Quote for December 10
“Children naturally grow closer to God as they read more about the lives of saints, stories with the message of God’s love for humanity, and the Gospel message that...
Quote for December 9
“Did Jesus ever condemn the beauty of the Temple or comment on the wealth it contained? No, He knew that the beauty of the material Temple produces the presence...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders…
“Patriotism is a natural quality, but Christianity is supernatural. patriotism is a provincial truth, but Christianity is a pan-human truth. Patriotism means love of one’s country or one’s generation,...