Orthodox Quote for June 30
“…‘The Church thought up fasting’. All such ideas simply come from ignorance. The first commandment – given to human beings in paradise – is the commandment of fasting. But...
Orthodox Quote for June 29
“Just as a person suffocates without air, so the soul without prayer becomes dead and insensitive.” (Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev in ‘Orthodox Life’)
Orthodox Quote for June 28
“Keep in mind that we have nothing of our own. God has given us everything; whatever we have is God’s. Only the sins are ours. If we do not...
Daily Devotional for June 28 – July 4
Sunday 1 John 6:13… Marvel not, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth...
Orthodox Quote for June 27
“God is everywhere and his beauty shines in everything. We spend our lives bogged down with heavy veils. We think the world is dark, when really it is our...
Orthodox Quote for June 26
“If you answer curses directed at you and slander with resentment and bitterness, it’s obvious that you’re full of wrath and anger. If you answer with patience and forbearance,...
Orthodox Quote for June 25
“The cancer patient is seldom alone in pain and suffering. Family members share in the struggle as well, because of love. God heals through many ways: the doctor’s touch,...
Orthodox Quote for June 24
“Sin embroils us; sin makes children quarrel with parents, nations with nations; it gives birth to wars, sometimes even fratricidal wars. Wars are multiplied because sin is multiplied in...
Orthodox Quote for June 23
“The sins of thought are not an unimportant matter for the Christian, because all that is pleasing to God in us is comprised, according to Saint Macarius of Egypt,...
Orthodox Quote for June 22
“The All-good God, my good child, does not do anything that is not for the benefit of our soul. Whether it be an illness or a temptation, whatever He...