Elder Efraim of Arizona. Be silent!
My child, be silent, humble, obedient till death; be ready to sacrifice yourself by cutting off your will, even if it seems like a real martyrdom—this is what self-denial […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
Continue with the same praise
Do not accuse as vicious and evil, the one who till yesterday you praised as good and virtuous because of the change from love to hatred that occurred in […]
What is salvation
Nowhere do we see the martyrs being distressed praying insistently, for example, that God rescue them. On the contrary, they pray that He give them strength to bear all […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona about Illness
A physician torments a sick person with operations, bitter medicines, amputation of body parts, etc., with the purpose, of course, of curing him and not of torturing him out […]
Spiritual messages
Away from God Man never feared poverty, sickness, and death so much, as he fears them now that he does not fear God. Fotis Kontoglou (1895-1965) […]
Why temptations are allowed to happen
Trials and temptations are allowed to happen to people for the following reasons. For some to have their sins forgiven which they have already committed. Others to prevent them […]
Elder Efraim of Arizana. Through Time to Eternity
The remembrance of hell should always be in your mind, for it has much fruit within it. Who can remember eternal fire and remain without tears? Weep, my child, […]
The heavenly treasure
When it comes to material gold, you have to search for it, work hard, labor, and with mathematical precision, you find it. With spiritual issues, it isn’t exactly like […]
Why God creates bad people?
Why, despite knowing it beforehand, did God create those people who were to sin and not repent, and apparently to suffer eternal damnation? If God did not create […]
The successful marriage
By entering into marriage, a person is not alone but has someone else too. Besides that, they are both not alone, but they live before God and something more: […]