Orthodox Quote for March 17
“Hence I ought unceasingly to give thanks to God who often pardoned my folly and my carelessness, and on more than one occasion spared His great wrath on me,...
Orthodox Quote for March 16
‘Devotion is one thing, reverence is another. Eastern Orthodox devotion differs from Western European reverence. Devotion has divine grace, while reverence is of the human mind.” (Elder St Paisios...
Orthodox Quote for March 15
“Whether you are in a wheelchair or you can walk perfectly, none of that matters if we are spiritually paralyzed. But if we have the grace of God powerfully...
Orthodox Quote for March 14
“When a person remains completely obedient to his conscience and implements whatever it tells him, he is not reproved by it anymore—not that its voice has weakened, but rather...
Orthodox Quote for March 13
“Each person should find the gift that God has given him and praise the benevolent God – not with pride or hypocrisy, but with humility – by recognizing that...
Orthodox Quote for March 12
“We mustn’t look at Lent as a ban. Fasting is one of the voluntary components of spiritual practice, and keeping the fast is an expression of our obedience to...
Orthodox Quote for March 11
“Many fast in the body, but do not fast with the soul. Many fast from food and drink, but do not fast from evil thoughts, deeds and words. And...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for March 11-17
Sunday Mark 8: 34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself,...
Orthodox Quote for March 10
“God hears the prayers of the just. This is clearly seen from the lives of …Old Testament righteous ones and prophets, as well as from the lives of the...
Orthodox Quote for March 10
“Christ doesn’t expect us to submit to a cold, impersonal, moral law, but rather that, at every moment of our lives, we should deny our will, our preferences, our...