Orthodox Quote for April 5
“Don’t force yourself beyond your strength, out of egotism, and create stress. Christ is a loving Father, not a tyrant. Christ rejoices when we struggle with philotimo [Christ-like outlook].”...
Orthodox Quote for April 4
“Whoever does not love fasting, then in performing other ascetical feats, becomes lazy, careless, powerless and shows this to be a thin sign of the weakening of the soul...
Orthodox Quote for April 3
“If there were no temptations, pride and other passions it would have turned us into other lucifers. But our good Father, God, allows afflictions to come upon us so...
Orthodox Quote for April 2
“When you work, it is both allowed and imposed that you pray. But when you pray, you should not work!” (Elder Epiphanios in ‘Counsels for Life’)
Orthodox Quote for April 1
“From among the few words of the Holy Virgin and Bride of God that are recorded in the Gospel, this is a precious teaching. Indeed, it is the only...
Orthodox Quote for April 1
“Humble-mindedness is that state of soul in which it, having recognized all its weakness and impurity, is far from all high opinion of itself; it constantly tries to develop...
Daily Devotional for April 1 – 7
Sunday John 12: Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. 2 There they made...
Orthodox Quote for March 31
“If you want to hear the divine message of the y Word of God and undergo a change, you have to tune in to the wave-length that Christ is...
Orthodox Quote for March 30
“The Theotokos was not considered worthy to bear God’s Son because she was born free of sin that the rest of us inherit, God considered her worthy because of...
Orthodox Quote for March 29
“In all our deeds God looks at the intention, whether we do it for His sake, or for the sake of some other #8221; (St Maximos the Confessor)