Orthodox Quote for June 21
“The just person will want to conform his life to the image and likeness of Jesus, and though accused, he will be silent; if he is hurt, he will...
Orthodox Quote for June 20
“What is huge in our sight is negligible before the majesty of God, and what seems little to us is great for His goodness and love. The Lord provides...
Orthodox Quote for June 19
“… this is the day of the Lord. This is the day of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit to all those who accept the Word of God...
Orthodox Devotion for June 19, Pentecost
“On the Jewish feast of Pentecost, there were to be offered to the Lord every year in perpetuity two loaves of bread, the first-fruits of the new harvest. So...
Orthodox Quote for June 18
“It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes… we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to...
Orthodox Quote for June 17
“St. John Chrysostom says that the Church lives only in times of persecution. In another place he says that the worst kind of persecution the Church can endure is...
Orthodox Quote for June 16
“If you humble yourself, you will be raised up; if you are proud and lofty, you will be bent down, for God will certainly find a weight to bend...
Orthodox Quote for June 15
“We are specifically created by God and actually man is the summit of creation. Nothing created is greater than man. Between us and the animals is a huge chasm....
Orthodox Quote for June 14
“…the shedding of the habit (or, for Orthodox clergy, the cassock) is a mistake. It is true that the monastic or the clergyman knows who they are, and do...
Orthodox Quote for June 13
“For no excuse will abide you in the day of judgment, when you will be judged by your own sentence, and as you have dealt towards others, will be...