Orthodox Quote for January 6
“Corporate change—the kind of change at the level of overall parish life…necessarily mandates us to admit one very difficult, one very painful thing: that the way we have been...
Orthodox Quote for January 5
“…as Christians, this type of self-reflection that many do for their New Year’s resolutions is something we are called to do on an ongoing basis. We are to constantly...
Orthodox Quote for January 4
“Christmas reveals to us the goal and meaning of our life on earth. As expressed in the language of the holy Fathers, God becomes man so that we may...
Daily Devotional for the Week of January 1
Sunday Gospel is Mark 1:1-8 on the circumcision of Jesus on the 8th day after birth ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE GOSPEL NOTES: Because Christ has come to perfectly fulfill the...
Orthodox Quote for December 31
“Among spiritual writings you should read especially those addressed to people living in the world, or which give the ABCs of spiritual life—such as St. John of Kronstadt’s ‘My...
Orthodox Quote for December 30
“We have put the light burden on one side, that is to say, self-accusation, and we have loaded ourselves with a heavy one, that is to say, #8221; (John...
Orthodox Quote for December 29
“…But who is to work for the spread of the Orthodox faith, for the increase of the children of the Orthodox Church? Pastors and missionaries, you answer. You are...
Orthodox Quote for December 28
“What is right and just one may openly approve, and what is evil and unrighteous one must as openly condemn, that is the Church’s business. But to meddle with...
Orthodox Quote for December 27
“Spiritual life cannot be renewed except through much prayer, through good spiritual fathers, through the abandonment of earthly cares, and through great struggle for that which is divine, asking...
Orthodox Quote for December 26
“All of us, at every moment of our lives, are in absolute need of Divine grace, which is given to man through pain and effort. When we pray in...