Daily Devotional April 30 – May 5
Monday This week more excerpts from St. Nikolai: If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them (John 13: 17). The most important aspect of this...
Orthodox Quote for April 29
“Even our worship requires physical effort and self-discipline because we bow down before the Almighty God who is glorious in his majesty. Our legs become weary and our feet...
Orthodox Quote for April 28
“….he is writing to bear witness to the truth of the grace which he is preaching to them, namely, that there is no other way in which we can...
Orthodox Quote for April 27
“If each one of us doesn’t improve himself so that there will be more goodness in the world, how will goodness ever prevail in a good way?” (Elder St...
Orthodox Quote for April 26
“We believe that the saints will help us succeed if we hold on to their fatherly affection and are encouraged by their mediation. Our All merciful Lord, who has...
Orthodox Quote for April 25
“I live whitening my soul, for what after all is life – just a wee step from the door to the #8221; (Last words of an Irish woman quoted...
Orthodox Quote for April 24
“Holy Water is used when people are sick or troubled. However, it should not be consumed as a magical element that heals by itself. It heals us provided it...
Orthodox Quote for April 23
“The Christian life always involves movement, following the Lord, walking with Him, asking, seeking, knocking, and eventually finding. In those areas where we need to work, in those areas...
Orthodox Quote for April 22
“That is why Orthodoxy is known for being so “old-fashioned”: we deliberately keep the old-fashioned ways that came down from Christ, the Apostles, and the early Fathers of the...
Daily Devotional for April 22-28
Sunday Mark 15: Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who...