Orthodox Quote for March 23
“We do not obey the Creation: we obey the Creator. Our destiny, that is, God’s will for us, is higher than the stars.” (Quote from ‘Orthodox England’ on opposition to...
Orthodox Quote for March 22
“You yourselves know that when a large building is built, every brick is accounted for, so that it will be properly placed. If it is not properly placed, it...
Orthodox Quote for March 21
“It is revealing that those in the West who in the past excused and desired to be closer with Russia are the same people today who are leading the...
Orthodox Quote for March 20
“The Christian faith is not philosophy but practicality that comes from truth and leads to life.” (Fr James Guirguis, ‘Out of Egypt’ blog)
Orthodox Quote for March 19
“…there are insolent individuals who ask, “Why did God create hell”? Once we start criticizing God, we are no longer in a spiritual state. We no longer have the...
Orthodox Quote for March 18
“…there is another reason why he mentions Tamar, who does not appear to be praiseworthy on account of her physical relations with her father-in-law; and that was to show...
Orthodox Quote for March 17
“I confess to my Lord and do not blush in his sight, because I am not lying; from the time when I came to know him in my youth,...
March 17 – 23
Sunday Matthew 6:16-21 At that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that...
Orthodox Quote for March 16
“Fasting is a beautiful and great act for the soul, but also for one’s health too. Let us recall how the lives of our beloved saints sound: ‘This ascetic...
Orthodox Quote for March 15
” Let our Lenten fasting be pleasant and pleasing to God. True fasting is the driving away of evil, the bridling of the tongue, the suppression of one’s anger, the...