May 6, 2015
“After the fall into sin, Adam’s soul darkened: his thoughts and desires became muddled, and his imagination and memory began to cloud. Instead of peace and joy he met...
Wednesday, May 6
Orthodox Daily Devotional Troparion of Mid-Pentecost (halfway between Pascha and Pentecost) In the middle of the Feast, O Savior, / Fill my thirsting soul with the waters of...
May 5
“In many ways the Orthodox world is a thorn in the flesh. It frustrates the West because the Orthodox world, in large measure, never experienced anything like the so-called...
Tuesday, May 5
Life of Saint Saint Irene was the daughter of a princelet called Licinius; named Penelope by her parents, through a divine revelation she was brought to faith in Christ...
Monday, May 4
“It may seem at times that the Lord has forgotten us completely, has not heard our cries, our prayers, to be delivered from unbearable pain of soul or body,...
Monday May 4
Kontakion Abandoning your mortal betrothed in order to wed the Immortal One, / as your dowry you offered chastity and your contest. / Therefore, we acclaim you, Pelagia. Scripture...
May 3, 2015
“I should give thanks unceasingly to God, who frequently forgave my folly and my negligence, in more than one instance so as not to be violently angry with me,...
May 2, 2015
TURKS CONTINUE ISLAMIZATION OF ANCIENT CHURCHES… EGYPT JAILS THOSE WHO ATTACKED CHRISTIAN CHURCH… ISIS BECOMES GANGSTER ORGANZATION: DEMANDS $23M ‘RANSOM’… PATRIARCH KIRILL URGES CHURCH TO GET...
Sunday May 3
Orthodox Daily Devotional Scripture Reading After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate...
May 2, 2015
“Asceticism is something to be practiced. Prayer is very important even if you say it mechanically because the understanding comes later. The Holy Spirit works later in you after...