Orthodox Quote for December 17
“When we are delivered from the malice of pride and become humble, enthroning humility in our hearts, we possess all; because humility is elevating and bears with it the...
Orthodox Quote for December 16
“Angels do not have sensible voices, but mentally they offer up constant praise to God. This is their whole occupation; their entire life is dedicated to this. And you...
Orthodox Quote for December 14
“You threaten me with fire that burns for an hour, and after a little is extinguished, but you are ignorant of the fire of the coming judgment and of...
Orthodox Quote for December 13
“In its Greek form, the term ‘true piety’ comes from a word meaning ‘to serve well’. If some people say that ‘to serve well’ is the same thing as...
Orthodox Quote for December 12
“The more fervent our devotion and love for God, the more savage are their assaults; they urge us on to acts of sin, making war upon us in ways...
Orthodox Quote for December 11
“God knows the needs of each man; the measure of strength and the capacity of every one of us. The potter knows how long he must leave the vessel...
Daily Devotional for December 11 – 17
Sunday Readings taken from St Nikolai’s ‘Prologue of Ohrid’ this week… The adversaries of Christ have always achieved results opposite to their efforts against Christ. Instead of stopping the...
Orthodox Quote for December 10
“The world today is a very dry place, a spiritual desert. The Church, which is meant to be an oasis or even a source of streams in the desert...
Orthodox Quote for December 9
“…the Holy Fathers tell us that the only unforgivable sin is the unrepented sin. And what is self-justification, other than the stubborn insistence that we have no need of...
Orthodox Quote for December 8
“There is no peace. There never is peace, and the Lord brought not peace to the world, but a sword. Now this sword of the Lord severs to the...