DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 2 The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most-holy Theotokos at Blachernae Every device of which man boasts as an invention of his mind is revealed by Divine Providence and...
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 1 Holy Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs at Rome Through their prayers and alms for the deceased, Christians display the relationship between this world and the world to come. The...
DAILY REFLECTION • JUNE 30 • Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles Concern for the good of all people! That concern filled the exalted spirits and noble hearts of the holy apostles. Writing about the...
DAILY REFLECTION • JUNE 29 Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles Peter and Paul Simon Peter and Simon the Magician. The enemies of Christianity frequently like to cite examples of great miracle-workers...
DAILY REFLECTION • JUNE 27 • St. Sampson the Hospitable of Constantinople There is no one so stupid as he who cannot see his own sins and cannot see the virtues of others. There is...
DAILY REFLECTION • JUNE 26 • New-martyr David of St. Anne’s Skete Until his last breath ceaseless repentance is necessary for a Christian. St. Mark the Ascetic says: “Think and you will see that the...
DAILY REFLECTION • JUNE 25 • Virginmartyr Febronia of Nisibis St. Mark the ascetic said: “Whoever desires to eliminate future tribulations must bear the present tribulations with joy.” Men consider slander as a great tribulation...
DAILY REFLECTION • JUNE 24 • NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST One of the differences between the eloquent philosophy of the Greeks and the Christian Faith is that the entire Hellenistic philosophy can...
DAILY REFLECTION • JUNE 23 • Martyr Agrippina of Rome Christian patience is a meek patience, but patience with a weak malice does not differ much from vengeance. Our saints are great in every good...
DAILY REFLECTION • JUNE 22 • Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata Why does the good Lord permit assaults and sufferings on the True Faith while He permits the pleasure of tranquility to heresies and paganism?...