Orthodox Voice

23/07/2026

Matthew 27:27-32 (Matins Gospel)

27.Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him.

28.And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

29 When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

30.Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.

31.And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.

32.Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross.

23/07/2026

The Lord wants us to love one another. Here is freedom: in love for God and neighbour. In this freedom, there is equality. In earthly orders, there may not be equality, but this is not important for the soul. Not everyone can be a king, not everyone can be a patriarch or a boss. But in any position it possible to love God and to please Him, and only this is important. And whoever loves God more on earth will be in greater glory in His kingdom.
(St. Silouan the Anthonite)

20/06/2026

20/06/2026

Most Holy Theotokos save us 🙏☦️

17/06/2026

CHRIST AND US
It is only necessary to seek one thing: to be with Jesus. The man who remains with Jesus is rich, even if he is poor with regard to material things. who ever desires the earthly more than the heavenly loses both the earthly and the heavenly. But whoever seeks the heavenly is lord of the whole world.

(St. Ignatius Brianchinov)

17/06/2026

Matthew 10:16-22

16.Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

17.But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.

18.You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

19.But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;

20.for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

21.Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

22.And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

15/06/2026

THE SOUL THAT KNOWS GOD
The soul that has come to know God, fully no longer desires anything else, nor does it attach itself to anything on the earth; and if you put before it before it a kingdom, it would not desire it, for the love in of God gives such sweetness and joy to the soul that even the life of a king can no longer give it any sweetness.

(St. Silouan the Anthonite)

15/06/2026

THEORIA TOU THEO
When you throw a nail into the fire, it gets hot and starts to glow like fire. In thesame way, when you listen to divine teachings and live accordingly, you will become like God.

(St. Symeone of Diababe)

15/06/2026

Matthew 9:36-10:8

36.But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.

37.Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

38.Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

1.And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

2.Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

3.Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

4.Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

5.These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.

6.But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7.And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

8.Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

12/06/2026

Matthew 9:14-17

14.Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"

15.And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

16.No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.

17.Nor do they put new w**e into old w**eskins, or else the w**eskins break, the w**e is spilled, and the w**eskins are ruined. But they put new w**e into new w**eskins, and both are preserved.