Orthodox Quote for April 11
“The lives of the saints are the models for the lives of others. This is one of the reasons why we have been given the wise tale of the...
Orthodox Quote for April 10
“What is, then, the confession of our sins but the breaking out of our sores? The corrupt matter of sin is healthily opened in confession, instead of remaining in...
Orthodox Quote for April 9
“The most difficult thing—and not only in our time but always—is obedience and the denial of one’s own will. It is met with more resistance, more sharply today when...
Orthodox Quote for April 8
“The sum of our Fast stands not only in abstaining from meats; neither is it profitable to deny food to the body, if the mind be not bridled from...
Orthodox Quote for April 7
“Grace is nothing other than the Life of God. In proper theological terms (of the Eastern Church) grace is the uncreated Divine energies. But that phrase, unless correctly understood...
Daily Devotional for April 7 – 13
Sunday This Week: Meditations on Stations of the Cross from Catholic St Josemaria Escriva First Station Jesus is condemned to death It is after ten in the morning. The trial is...
Orthodox Quote for April 6
“The faces that look at us from icons belong to eternity. Gazing upon them, raise up your prayers to them, asking for their intercessions. We, the inhabitants of the...
Orthodox Quote for April 5
“He humbled Himself utterly, to the point of being slapped and mocked…what a terrible thing! And now we are seeking to have a type of Christianity without the crucifixion;...
Orthodox Quote for April 4
“As for myself poor soul…… I’m very weak. I haven’t managed to love Christ so very fervently and for my soul too long for Him I feel that I...
Orthodox Quote for April 3
“Human righteousness is not for spiritual people; it merely serves to restrain worldly people. A spiritual person is a fool if he relies on human righteousness which is nothing...