Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
Everyone should clearly know that only God is the source of happiness, peace and bliss. God created consolations and joys of the visible world for the sake of our...
Orthodox Quote for May 16
“The missionary’s beginning is significant, however it is not the sum of the matter . . . The outset might be blessed or might become blessed at the end....
Orthodox Quote for May 15
“So that life with God gains permanence, deeds are needed, or as the ancients said — ascesis. This does not mean that it is necessary to go into the...
Devotion for Sunday May 15
Sunday of the Myrrhbearers (and Joseph of Arimathia who furnished the Lord his tomb) By this however, according to a spiritual meaning, we may understand that the body of...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“As to the fatalism of those who believe that man must be a slave to the spirit of the age, it is disproved by the experience of every Christian...
Orthodox Quote for May 14
“They turned their minds to themselves, meditated on their own sins and avoided judging their neighbors at all costs…So therefore, brethren, following the example of the ascetics, upon observing...
Orthodox Quote for May 13
“But She is yet more greatly blessed because She loves and keeps God’s word. In the same way all those who hear the holy word of God and keep...
Orthodox Quote for May 12
“Whenever we enter the church and draw near to the heavenly mysteries, we ought to approach with all humility and fear, both because of the resence of the angelic powers and because of...
Orthodox Quote for May 11
“The majority of people are kept within the bounds of law by fear; the few are brought under the law by will. For it is the mark of fear...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Of course it is pleasing to have smart and talented people in the Church. However, not because it needs them. The Church needs no one. We have need of...