DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 25 • Dormition of the Righteous Anna, mother of the Most-holy Theotokos REFLECTION “As virginity is better than marriage, so the first marriage is better than the second.” Thus, St. John...
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 24 • Holy Martyr Christina of Tyre REFLECTION The Faith of Christ mostly sanctifies and illumines the souls of men when the preachers of the Faith shine in their own lives....
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 23 • Martyrs Trophimus, Theophilus, and 13 others in Lycia REFLECTION The great teachers of the Church endeavored to teach men great truths, not only by words but also by obvious...
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 22 Holy Myrrhbearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene REFLECTION “Blessed are they that mourn” (Matthew 5:4), said the Lord. Blessed are they who mourn asking for the Kingdom of God. Blessed are...
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 21 • Holy Prophet Ezekiel REFLECTION For the sake of his fellow man, St. Simeon left his only friend in the world, his peaceful cell in the wilderness, and made himself...
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 20 • HOLY PROPHET ELIJAH REFLECTION Writing about the life of his sister St. Macrina, St. Gregory of Nyssa hesitates to enumerate her miracles, saying: “…that I may not be responsible...
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 18 • Martyr Emilian of Silistria in Bulgaria REFLECTION Which is more pleasing to God: a life of asceticism in the wilderness, or works of mercy? Men of prayer in the...
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 17 Greatmartyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia REFLECTION Until Christ becomes all for the soul completely all which generally has a certain permanent and unchanging value, until then, man cannot...
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 16 • Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis and his ten disciples REFLECTION The Ecumenical Councils are the greatest battles of Orthodoxy with heretics. Under today’s date (Note: The Church celebrates the...
DAILY REFLECTION • JULY 15 Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, Enlightener of the Russian Lands REFLECTION Hospitality is respected in other faiths but Christianity emphasized hospitality as an obligation and responsibility. On the other hand,...