God speaks to us
God comes near us, God speaks to us. It is a very big thing to be able to hear God’s voice, no matter how it may reach us –through […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
The Prophetic Saint
Once three young ladies went to see Saint Seraphim of Sarov and one of them said to the Saint: "I, elder, want to be a nun, and glorify God." and […]
The living God
The Lord is a living God, who governs all, who sorts everything out according to his merciful plan, who loves us, who has taken us under His wing, […]
The state of your heart
Happiness lies within your own self, and blessed is the man who understood this. Examine your heart and see its spiritual state. Has your heart lost confidence in […]
Holy New Martyr George of Ephesus
Holy New Martyr George was born in New Ephesus in 1756 to a father from Samos. He married and had several children. One day in June of […]
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
Introduction On the Fifth Sunday of Lent the Orthodox Church commemorates our Righteous Mother Mary of Egypt. The feast day of Saint Mary of Egypt is April 1, however, […]
The Greek Freedom Fighters of 1821 are in Paradise
Saint Porphyrios Kausokalyvitis had seen the Freedom Fighters of 1821 with Kolokotronis first, all in Paradise…! And when they asked him what we should do, to go with […]
Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of “the Ladder”
Saint John of the Ladder is honored by Holy Church as a great ascetic and author of the renowned spiritual book called THE LADDER, from which he is […]
My Prayer Ropes Were Full of Myrrh and Fragrance
Last summer I went with friends to Mount Athos and we stayed for two days in Megisti Lavra, the oldest and first in the order of the monasteries of […]
What God wants to tell us
God comes near us, God speaks to us. It is a very big thing to be able to hear God’s voice, no matter how it may reach us […]