Orthodox Quote for August 6
“Do you think, my child, that I don’t know how to speak out? I know but I think of the #8221; (St Nicholas Planas on restraining anger)
Orthodox Quote for August 5
“I have been reading the Bible a good deal lately, and if we believe in the sublime sacrifice of God the Father in sending His Son to die and...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for August 5 – 11
Sunday Matthew 17… And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for...
Orthodox Quote for August 4
“I have the feeling that in Orthodoxy (, in Christianity) two religions coexist in many ways opposites of each other. The religion of Christ—fulfilled in the Church, and the...
Orthodox Quote for August 3
“In Buddhism, my Father, you are very very much alone. There is no God. Your entire struggle is with yourself….But here you have an assistant, a companion and a...
Orthodox Quote for August 2
“The easiest means to salvation are love and humility; they are what we will be judged for. These two virtues move God, so that He condescends to bend low...
Orthodox Quote for August 1
“The Gospels free us from the spirit of ignorance and evil; they draw out that hidden goodness in man and put it in the forefront of life. Christ’s Word...
Orthodox Quote for July 31
“In all of our deeds God looks at the intention, whether we do it for His sake, or for the sake of some other intention.” (St. Maximus the Confessor,...
Orthodox Quote for July 30
“Whoever wants to approach prayer without a guide, and proudly thinks that he can learn from books, and won’t go to an elder, is already halfway into delusion. But...
Orthodox Quote for July 29
“…we do not enter this world in order to enjoy this world, but in order to be saved from it. People go to war for the sake of something...