Orthodox Quote for October 31
“The holy men of God, who were magnified on earth by the Lord, have been honored by God’s holy Church from the very time it was founded by the...
Orthodox Quote for October 30
“All temptations and afflictions require patience to be overcome and this constitutes their defeat. Note the names of all those who have endured until death during temptations, whose saliva...
Orthodox Quote for October 29
“The extent to which we’re focused on fulfilling the Gospel and living by it is the extent to which we draw nearer to God. Our mind should be swimming...
Orthodox Quote for October 28
” No one has ever reached Heaven by a life of pleasure and unbroken #8221; (Blessed Alexander of Omsk ‘A Primer for the Christian’)
Orthodox Quote for October 26
“… in order to make this mutual forgiveness deep and God-pleasing, the sources of hostility must be uprooted. Self-pity, the keeping of grudges, the lurking presence of condemnation of...
Daily Devotional for October 26 – November 1
Sunday Elder Joseph the Hesychast on Meekness… “Good deeds and almsgiving and all other external good things do not subdue the haughtiness of one’s heart. But mental work, the...
Orthodox Quote for October 25
“The fruitful earth, according to His will, brings forth food in abundance, at the proper seasons, for man and beast and all the living beings upon it, never hesitating,...
Orthodox Quote for October 24
“A Christian community that would lose this missionary zeal and purpose, that would become selfish and self-centered, that would limit itself to “satisfying the spiritual needs of its members”,...
Orthodox Quote for October 27
“…if man is created according to the image and likeness of God, then it’s to Him alone that man should strive. The basis of this striving for God must...
Orthodox Quote for October 23
“For in guarding his mouth, and restraining his tongue, and in not speaking before examining, pondering, and weighing his words—as to whether this should be said, that should be...