The longer one lives the life that the world dictates, the more stress one gains. Only in Christ does one rest, because man is made for God. The highest […]
The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
(Luke 18, 9-14) The publican accuses himself and God justifies him When, while praying before God, you become self-righteous like the Pharisee, not only does your soul not […]
Elder Efraim of Arizon: love, humility, purity
(To a struggling Christian, First Letter) Put up with that person who grieves you and creates temptations. Put up with him joyfully. Pray for him every day. Always try […]
Saint Olga of Alaska, the Midwife
Saint Olga, a native of Alaska from the Yupik tribe, was born on February 3, 1916. Her husband, Nikolai Mikhail, was the postman in the village and the […]
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Spiritual messages
Humility always goes along with meekness. There can’t be humility if there is no meekness. More often than not, when somebody isn’t meek, but, instead he is […]
Advice for Marriage
To the couples I marry I wish them: ;;My children, I wish you to learn in your life to always blame both of you together…; because if you believe […]
Sunday of Zacchaeus
The Son and Logos of God had one basic aim, namely the salvation of mankind. Man wandered far from the true knowledge of God and was anxious to find […]
Saint Gregory the Theologian
Saint Gregory the Theologian wasn’t an unim- portant man, living in some corner, just given to praying. He was a giant of the spirit and gave himself to […]
The physical and mental passions
According to Saint Maximus the Confessor, the basic passion from which all passions, both physical and mental, originate and are born, is selfishness. This man is the one who […]
Sunday of the Ten Lepers. 12th Sunday of St Luke
(Luke 17:12-19) Leprosy in the past was considered an incurable illness which was vanished from Europe only during the last decades of the 20th century. Death was slow […]