Orthodox Quote for August 7
“The moral law is a law of moral freedom. It has nothing to do with violence and coercion. Moral freedom wants voluntary adherents. It doesn’t pressurize anybody or press-gang...
Orthodox Quote for August 6
“In times of tribulation we feel our weakness in overcoming the present difficulties through our own efforts, which guides us, if we have kept our faith, to rely on...
Orthodox Quote for August 5
“…like a buried treasure or an unclaimed fortune, we gain nothing from this inheritance that has been given to us if we do not claim it as our own,...
Orthodox Quote for August 4
“We can meet suffering with resentment and rebellious defiance, in which case it may act like an acid, corroding our character, making us unpersons, moral zombies. Or we may...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for August 4-10
Sunday Romans 6:8 – Brethren So many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death. Therefore we are buried with him by Baptism into death:...
Orthodox Quote for August 3
“The church becomes one body when those who have been called are bound to one another in the love of Christ, when they are bound also in the Spirit...
Orthodox Quote for August 2
“…everywhere that Orthodox monasticism exists, there are clergyman, monks and hierarchs who endure all hardships and pray for all of humanity. Because of their prayers God’s goodness does not...
Orthodox Quote for August 1
“When you are overtaken by remembrance of wrongs, your heart is filled with anger and your soul feels that it is in hell. To the best of our ability,...
Orthodox Quote for July 31
“God did all things through him. Therefore he is also said to have “taken the form of a slave.” It is not only the flesh of the slave that...
Orthodox Quote for July 30
“The Orthodox Christian should in every way oppose not only hatred for his ill-wishers and enemies, but even any feelings of dislike. Because hatred for another person is murder....