Orthodox Quote for May 16
“The missionary’s beginning is significant, however it is not the sum of the matter . . . The outset might be blessed or might become blessed at the end....
Orthodox Quote for May 15
“So that life with God gains permanence, deeds are needed, or as the ancients said — ascesis. This does not mean that it is necessary to go into the...
Devotion for Sunday May 15
Sunday of the Myrrhbearers (and Joseph of Arimathia who furnished the Lord his tomb) By this however, according to a spiritual meaning, we may understand that the body of...
Orthodox Quote for May 14
“They turned their minds to themselves, meditated on their own sins and avoided judging their neighbors at all costs…So therefore, brethren, following the example of the ascetics, upon observing...
Orthodox Quote for May 13
“But She is yet more greatly blessed because She loves and keeps God’s word. In the same way all those who hear the holy word of God and keep...
Orthodox Quote for May 12
“Whenever we enter the church and draw near to the heavenly mysteries, we ought to approach with all humility and fear, both because of the resence of the angelic powers and because of...
Orthodox Quote for May 11
“The majority of people are kept within the bounds of law by fear; the few are brought under the law by will. For it is the mark of fear...
Orthodox News Briefs for May 10, 2016
ST. NILUS’ ICON STREAM MYRRH PASCHA FIRES IN FIVE ORTHODOX CHURCHES * NEW YORK FIRE RULED NON-SUSPICIOUS NEW BOOK EXAMINES THE DIVISION OF ORTHODOX/ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX IN...
Orthodox Quote for May 10
“The secularized man accepts the Church as one of the religions of the world, but not as the only Truth that saves man in Christ. With this aim in...
Weekday Devotional
Tuesday John 21: 15-25 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to...