Daily Devotional for July 16-22
Sunday Matthew 9:1-8: Healing of the paralytic As shown by the healing of the paralytic, faith is an indispensable condition for salvation. Faith is collective as well as personal,...
Orthodox Quote for July 15
“Do you wish to overcome evil: humble yourself and do not judge. Then, you will be free. Humility leads you to God, but love tastes God! Humble yourself, for...
Orthodox Quote for July 14
“To our times is given a more humble kind of spiritual life, which Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov in his excellent book ‘The Arena’ calls life by counsel—that is, life according...
Orthodox Quote for July 13
“The degrees of beatitude and torment in the next world will be different. This is proved by the present state of the souls of different people or of the...
Orthodox Quote for July 12
“Even if you found a whole treasure house full of gold and on account of it you were absent from church, your harm would be much greater as much...
Orthodox Quote for July 11
“If a great and original individuality were the aim of history, I think history should stop with the first man upon earth, for our first ancestor must have been...
Orthodox Quote for July 10
” The eternal destiny of no one depends on me, the eternal destiny of no one except myself that is. I am called to save myself in Christ, to...
Orthodox Quote for July 9
“All of us who live in the contemporary world justify everything and live as we see fit. We do not live the true spiritual life, and we do not...
Daily Devotional for July 9-15
Sunday Matthew 8:28-9:1 Jesus sends the demons into the herd of swine The demons, recognizing Jesus as the Son of God, are surprised that their power is...
Orthodox Quote for July 8
“… let’s face it; it is your Christian duty to help build up the Body of Christ, the Lord has commanded us to perform this work together. We must...