Orthodox Quote for March 12
“The joy of anyone who rejoices is preserved in the Church. The gladness of the embittered, the rejoicing of the saddened, the refreshment of the tortured, the comfort of...
Orthodox Quote for March 11
“If we accept the Bible, we can’t accept the Koran. And if we accept the Koran, we can’t accept the Bible. The contents of these two religious texts are...
Orthodox Quote for March 10
“Fasting is not hunger, but a little abstinence from food, not an inevitable punishment, but a voluntary continence, not a servile necessity, but a free selection of the wise....
Orthodox Quote for March 9
“By our good works we help God very little, and by our evil deeds we do Him no harm. But by our good works we help ourselves, and by...
Orthodox Quote for March 8
“What holds the church together is the holy Eucharist, communion in the Body and Blood of Christ. That is the essential thing that the Church does and which nobody...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for March 8 – 14
Sunday Matthew 6:16: At that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: when ye fast, be – not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that...
Orthodox Quote for March 7
“You attend church services, keep the faith, receive Holy Communion, read Orthodox books. But it is possible to do all this almost mechanically, without going deeper into Orthodoxy. Therefore,...
Orthodox Quote for March 6
“When the remembrance of death is diligently meditated upon, it provides great strength in the beginning when one ineffective then, for every mouth shall be silenced with no excuse....
Orthodox Quote for March 5
“The source of forgiving our neighbors, of not judging them, is included in seeing (acknowledging) our sins.” (St Tikhon of Moscow, Homily During Lent)
Orthodox Quote for March 3
“The proud sin greatly who…do not endeavor to come to know the thoughts of the prophets and apostles, but seek out from the scriptures inappropriate texts for their own...