Orthodox Quote for September 9
“Drinking the blood of animals was an ancient ritual in which one hoped to gain the attributes and qualities of that animal…The Eucharist is the only blood we’re allowed...
Orthodox Quote for September 8
“Your Nativity, O Virgin, has proclaimed joy to the whole universe! The Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, has shone from You, O Theotokos! By annulling the curse, /...
Orthodox Quote for September 7
“Without this hierarchical structure the Church would become a purely human organization reflecting the various ideas, tastes, choices of men. She would cease to be the Divine Institution, God’s...
Orthodox Quote for September 6
“Censure stimulates the soul’s energy while praise weakens it and makes it sluggish toward good deeds.” (Blessed Fr. Elias, collected quotes from Bishop Alexander)
Orthodox Quote for September 5
“The miraculous effect of the life-giving Cross upon our souls, tortured by the poison of evil, proves to us most undoubtedly and clearly: (1) That we have indeed a...
Orthodox Quote for September 4
“God does not allow the same warfare and temptations to this generation as he did formerly, for men are weaker now and cannot bear so much.” (St Anthony the...
Daily Devotional for September 4 – 10
Sunday Mark 6:45 Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away. 46 And when...
Orthodox Quote for September 15
“How many times has our conscience reproved us! The more a person listens to his conscience, and the more he attends to it, the more precisely it guides him....
Orthodox Quote for September 3
“Even if we are entirely despised in the eyes of men, let us rejoice that we are honoured in the sight of God.” (John the Dwarf in ‘Sayings of...
Orthodox Quote for September 2
“The beginning of freedom from anger is silence of the lips when the heart is agitated…” (St John Climacus, ‘The Ladder’)