Orthodox Quote for October 30
“The carnal man does not understand the spiritual blessedness that proceeds from prayer and virtue, and cannot comprehend even in a small degree what the blessedness in the next...
Orthodox Quote for October 29
“He is the Light of righteousness, because He revealed the might of righteousness and the weakness of unrighteousness. He revealed this in the brightest light— by what He said,...
Orthodox Quote for October 28
“No crafty rhetoric will suffice—no canned sales pitch. No lengthy training in debate tactics or apologetic skills will ever be as effective as a heart so internally prepared by love...
Orthodox Quote for October 27
“In the apostolic kerygma urging people to convert and become Christians, those addressed were not asked to accept a teaching, but to join a family. Christianity was not a...
Daily Devotional for October 27 – November 2
Sunday 1 Peter 3: You, TOO, who are wives must be submissive to your husbands. Some of these still refuse credence to the word; it is for their 2 wives...
Orthodox Quote for October 26
“The Christians of old frequently received communion as the cause and food of immortality, wherefore even up to our own time the Holy Church daily exhorts us to ‘draw...
Orthodox Quote for October 25
“The old enemy tempted the first man through his belly, when he persuaded him to eat of the forbidden fruit; through ambition when he said, Ye shall be as...
Orthodox Quote for October 24
“But you dearest brethren who have a ready fear to God-ward, and whose mind, even amid its fall, is conscious of its misery, do you in penitence and sorrow...
Orthodox Quote for October 23
“…you and I are blended together for eternity, and that your effort to separate yourselves from me is disastrous for you and for me. As long as you look...
Orthodox Quote for October 22
“When we are wronged and we accept this injustice, then in fact we gain. For example, am I wrongfully accused of having committed a crime and imprisoned unjustly? That’s...