Orthodox News Briefs for January 5
“First they abolished the Morning Prayer in Greek schools. Now they want to ban icons in hospitals and courts. And they are going to abolish “religious studies”: to transform...
Orthodox Quote for January 5
“By His own example then He teaches His disciples how they ought to behave in the houses of those who receive them, namely, when they come to a house,...
Orthodox Quote for January 4
“I’m not saying when you have two tunics to give one. This is unusual and difficult for most. But if you want to be called Christian and have the...
Orthodox Quote for January 3
“While the world and its moral compass changes as fast as time, Christ our God stands outside of time, the same yesterday and today and forever (Heb. 13:8), and...
Devotion for Sunday, January 3
The Purpose of Life by St. Seraphim of Sarov (whose Feast was Saturday) “However prayer, fasting, vigil and all the other Christian practices may be, they do not constitute...
Orthodox Quote for January 2
“…a traditional Church that is founded by Christ Himself is something they’re not used to; they’re not used to the teachings and belief that there is One Church and...
Orthodox Quote for January 7
“It is not easy to comprehend why God created worlds, first the bodiless angelic one and then the bodily one with man as its crown. If the Triune God...
Orthodox Quote for the New Year
“I greet all of you gathered here with the New Year. I congratulate you with the joys that I hope the Lord might send you in the coming year....
Orthodox Quote For December 31
“Missionary activity is not simply something “useful” or just “nice,” but something imperative, a foremost duty, if we really want to be consequent to our Orthodox Faith…Church without mission...
Orthodox Quote For December 30
“Consider this—that Adam and Eve, who first introduced sin and death into the world, are counted among the divine luminaries of the Old Testament. This is a radical truth!...