Orthodox Quote for December 24
“I too wish to share the choral dance, to celebrate the festival. But I take my part, not plucking the harp, not shaking the Thyrsian staff, not with the...
Orthodox Quote for December 23
“Confessed sins are counted as nothing, for God looks with interest on the transformed heart that has been made anew, with contrition. God looks to our future, for His...
Orthodox Quote for December 22
“…if the search for God, the thirst for God, the desire to comprehend His goes away, this is the cause for very serious concern. We have to labor with...
Daily Devotional for December 22-28
Sunday Luke 2: And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first...
Orthodox Quote for December 21
“The Holy Church of Christ is one! But its dark double has existed in history near it and under its name.” (Sergei Iosifovich Fudel, Russian ascetic in )
Orthodox Quote for December 20
“This is the meaning of Christmas, which is the meaning of life itself: Christ in us and we in Christ, God with us and we with #8221; (Fr Thomas...
Orthodox Quote for December 19
“‘My wife scolds me in the evening, saying that I have become addicted to Orthodoxy and should ‘slow down.’ I answer: ‘Okay, no problem.’’ After she falls asleep he...
Orthodox Quote for December 18
“…blessed is he who remembers his death day and night and prepares himself to meet it. For it has a habit of coming joyfully to those who wait for...
Orthodox Quote for December 17
“But when someone covers up his faults, his conscience will in time become musty and hardened and unable to break through and censure him for these faults…Of course it’s...
Orthodox Quote for December 16
“No matter how much we may study, it is not possible to come to know God unless we live according to His commandments, for God is not known by...