Orthodox Quote for December 14
“You threaten me with fire that burns for an hour, and after a little is extinguished, but you are ignorant of the fire of the coming judgment and of...
Orthodox Quote for December 13
“In its Greek form, the term ‘true piety’ comes from a word meaning ‘to serve well’. If some people say that ‘to serve well’ is the same thing as...
Orthodox Quote for December 12
“The more fervent our devotion and love for God, the more savage are their assaults; they urge us on to acts of sin, making war upon us in ways...
Orthodox Quote for December 11
“God knows the needs of each man; the measure of strength and the capacity of every one of us. The potter knows how long he must leave the vessel...
Daily Devotional for December 11 – 17
Sunday Readings taken from St Nikolai’s ‘Prologue of Ohrid’ this week… The adversaries of Christ have always achieved results opposite to their efforts against Christ. Instead of stopping the...
Orthodox Quote for December 10
“The world today is a very dry place, a spiritual desert. The Church, which is meant to be an oasis or even a source of streams in the desert...
Orthodox Quote for December 9
“…the Holy Fathers tell us that the only unforgivable sin is the unrepented sin. And what is self-justification, other than the stubborn insistence that we have no need of...
Orthodox Quote for December 8
“There is no peace. There never is peace, and the Lord brought not peace to the world, but a sword. Now this sword of the Lord severs to the...
Orthodox Quote for December 7
“If we ourselves think we can add something to the understanding of the text for our days (perhaps based on the findings of modern science), let it be done...
Orthodox Quote for December 6
“How do you want the Master Christ to appear sweet and meek toward you, since you are becoming harsh with your fellow man and won’t forgive him? How can...