Orthodox Quote for January 13
“The Lord was born not in a royal palace but in a lowly cave in “abject poverty”. What, it would seem, could be worse than a cavern and poorer...
Orthodox Quote for January 12
“We must start everything that we do by calling on God’s name.” (St Hilarion of Optina, collected quotes)
Daily Devotional for January 12-18
Sunday Luke 2: Now the parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up...
Orthodox Quote for January 11
“So whatever good thing a person thinks, it is due to the grace…period. And now, if you exert yourself in the prayer and pray continuously, if you read lives...
Orthodox Quote for January 10
“Has someone struck me unjustly? “Glory be to you, O Lord! Perhaps I may be able to pay off a sin; I, too, had once struck someone.” Have I...
Orthodox Quote for January 9
“…because you are a sinner, come here, to become righteous. Or maybe don’t you know that they who stand before the sacred altar also have committed sins? For this...
Orthodox Quote for January 8
“Without Christ it is impossible to correct ourselves. We will not be able to detach ourselves from our passions. On our own we cannot become good.” (St. Porphyrios in...
Orthodox Quote for January 7
“While the world will put away virtually all signs of the Christmas season literally the day after Christmas, the Church begins a glorious twelve-day celebration of the Lord’s Nativity...
Orthodox Quote for January 6
“The waters of Baptism would never have had the ability to cleanse human sins, had they not been blessed by the touch of the Savior’s Body. Immersing Himself in...
Orthodox Quote for January 5
“Without grace, without revelation, no man, even the most virtuous, can transcend the flesh and the world. God reveals Himself to the humble, who live in accordance with #8221;...