Orthodox Quote for January 12
QUOTE OF THE DAY… “The earthly life is for us a continual Judgment of God. If we follow Christ’s commandments, then the Grace of the Holy Spirit will come...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders…
“Only God can reveal the truth; only God can show true love. One man can know more than another man, but only God can reveal the truth. Thoughts come...
Orthodox Quote for January 11
“The gift of apostleship is bestowed upon each member of the Church on the day of his Baptism and Chrismation. If we call our Church “apostolic” it is because...
Orthodox Quote for January 10
“Don’t despair; we have a great God Who watches over us and it is through afflictions that we approach Him. It was after the Cross that God arose and...
Devotion for Sunday, January 10
What others said about Christ (from St. Nikolai’s ‘Prologue’) “No one has ever spread as much shameful slander about Christ the Lord as the Jews. Their Talmud seethes with...
Orthodox Quote for January 9
“The elder has said that when one is saying the Prayer, he feels Divine Grace, tears come any general godly zeal awakens. The beginning stages are indeed the same...
Wisdom from Modern Orthodox Elders
“Our times, above all, call for humble and quiet labors, with love and sympathy for other strugglers on the path of the Orthodox spiritual life and a deep resolve...
Orthodox Quote for January 8
“We must think about what Christ has prepared for us, in the ‘good, good’ Paradise, after the Second Coming. Now we go to the narthex of Paradise, but it cannot...
Orthodox Quote for January 6
“The same voice has taught us, that we also, by the water of cleansing, and by the Spirit of sanctification, may be made the sons of God. The mystery...
Orthodox News Briefs for January 5
“First they abolished the Morning Prayer in Greek schools. Now they want to ban icons in hospitals and courts. And they are going to abolish “religious studies”: to transform...