Orthodox Quote for May 23
“An unhurried and devout recitation of the words will greatly help in keeping attention on the prayers. If one only has a little time for prayer, it would be...
Orthodox Quote for May 22
“It seems that nothing should be simpler and more natural for us than prayer and our hearts’ striving for God. But in fact it is not always like this...
Orthodox Quote for May 21
“If a person sins, then the spiritual gates of the Heavenly Kingdom are closed to his soul, but by confessing his sins, by real repentance and then by receiving...
Orthodox Quote for May 20
“For the Universal Orthodox Church, there are no sacred (sanctified) objects for single-use, but for perpetual use (Chalice, disk, star and spoon), objects that are cleaned before and after...
Orthodox Quote for May 19
“We do not have enough priests to take on the fates of all people. It is simply impossible to decide everything for everybody. A priest simply does not have...
Orthodox Quote for May 18
“God’s answer to man’s suffering is not to wave it away. God’s answer to man’s suffering is to enter into it, to suffer Himself. Why did not He not just...
Orthodox Quote for May 17
“Russians know the dangers of aggressive secularism, having suffered seventy years of state sponsored atheism, and many Russians look with amazement at what they see as American capitulation to...
Daily Devotional for May 17-23
Sunday James 1:17 Dearly beloved: Every good gift: and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither...
Orthodox Quote for May 16
“We do not make better phones because we need better phones: we make them so we can sell them. A large amount of medical research goes into finding ways...
Orthodox Quote for May 15
“In fact, one’s happiness, as Jesus Christ tells us, does not depend on one’s wealth, material goods, or external circumstances. It, first of all, depends on one’s inner world....