In Elijah’s time, thousands of people worshiped one idol, Baal. This was bad enough. Even more shocking is the adoration of the countless idols in our present day— material goods, wealth, power, and even ourselves. Anything dearer to us than God is idolatry— playing with fire.

More honourable than the Cherubim .And more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim: .Without defilement you gave birth to God the Word: .True Theotokos, we magnify you.

‡ St Ambrose of Optina

☦️St. Luke the Blessed Surgeon of Simferopol

RT @Easternchristns: Today, following the attack on Mar Elias Church in Syria, we pray for the souls of the martyrs and for our brothers an….

Holy Prophet & Forerunner John (June 24), we honour you in love at your nativity, the beginning of your proclamation to the world of the incarnation of the Son of God!. Image: myrrh-streaming icon at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church of St John the Baptist in Homer Glen, Illinois

So the men marveled, saying, "Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him? ✝️ Matthew 8:27. “…since He ordered all things for good, He first of all reproves them.” ☦️ St John Chrysostom (Homily on Matthew VIII)

More quotes from Fr. Athanasios Mitilinaios, of blessed memory. ☦️”The person of Jesus Christ is the great question mark in all of world history, and no other subject is so important.”. ☦️”You will recognize the authentic Orthodox word when it is persecuted.

On the second Sunday after Pentecost, the Sunday of All Saints, each local Orthodox Church commemorates all saints, known and unknown, in its jurisdiction. Holy Apostles and all Saints, we have obtained you as fervent intercessors with the Saviour.

It appears that a prophecy of Elder Theodoros Agiofarangitis.(+2016) is being fulfilled before our eyes. At the Third Spiritual Dialogue Gathering in Cyprus on May 22, 2019, His Eminence Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou shared this prophecy told to him by the Elder.

What is simple is also what is most precious. … [E]ngage in your daily contest simply, easily & without force. The soul is sanctified & purified through the study of the Fathers, through the memorization of the Psalms & of portions of Scripture… ☦️St Porphyrios, Wounded by Love

I have been amazed that some are utterly in doubt as to whether or not the holy Virgin is able to be called the Mother of God. For if our Lord Jesus Christ is God, how should the holy Virgin who bore him not be the Mother of God? . ✝️St. Cyril of Alexandria (June 9/ June 22)

Blessed art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast revealed the fishermen as most wise by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit - through them Thou didst draw the world into Thy net. O Lover of Man, glory to Thee!’ (Troparion of Pentecost)

An orchid species called "Flower of the Holy Spirit" (Peristeria elata) starts blooming during Pentecost each year. Before it blooms, it looks like monks praying. When the flower blooms, it resembles a flying dove.

You who are the compassionately loving Mother of the merciful God, have mercy on me and give my heart compunction and contrition, humility in my thoughts, and release from my captive thoughts.

One Divine Power worshiped in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. ☦️.

I will come into Your house in the greatness of Your mercy & in fear I will worship toward Your holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me, that with a clear mind I may glorify You forever…

Among the 318 bishops who gathered at the 1st Ecumenical Council (7th Sun. of Pascha) were many confessors who bore the marks of torture upon their bodies. At Nicea, by their witness, the Church would confront the expanding heresy of Arianism and emerge victorious.

Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you're a saint. ☦️ Saint Paisos of Mt. Athos