It is habitual for those who love to boast rather about what they suffer for their loved ones than about what they have benefited from those persons. […]
Thomas Sunday
“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed”. Based on these, the Lord’s words to the apostle Thomas, we are able to glean insights into our […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. Do not lose your courage!
Do not lose your courage, my child, no matter how much the tempestuous sea of various passions might rage at times. You should reflect that all these […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. The internal judge
Oh, at that time the internal judge —each person’s conscience— will rise with a bold and powerful voice either to condemn or acquit him. “If our […]
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How to gain piety
To gain piety you must: a) live or associate with devout people and observe how they behave b) study with your mind everything that is holy and go […]
Truly Amazing Miracle Holy Fire 2015 VIDEO
Hundreds of flaming crosses appeared during the presentation of the Holy Light at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Holy Saturday. Hundreds of flaming crosses appeared over the burning candles of […]
Holy and Great Friday
The all-respectful Holy and Great Friday dawns full of compunction. Liturgy is not celebrated on this day. In olden days the Presanctified Liturgy was performed, but the Church later deemed […]
Three times
If you need to make a quick decision and you realize that you need to be consulted by someone about a matter at hand, but you have […]
Palm Sunday
(John. 12, 1-18) How interested are we to meet Christ? Six days before Christ’s passion, we find the Lord at the house of Martha and Mary where […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. Silence
Do not speak unnecessary words, my child, for they chill your soul’s divine zeal. Love silence, which gives birth to all virtues and fences in the soul […]