The road of simplicity and humility
Whatever passions one might have, when he is on the road of simplicity and humility, he is gracious. Here is an example: Without knowing it, the other person is […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
Your cross is your seal
Just as in a document, when the seal is not properly placed, the document is not valid, so and a cross that we do not do correctly is not […]
Circumcision of the Lord
Today, our Church celebrates the Circumcision of the Lord. Christ, although an infant as man, is nonetheless God and arranges things to happen like this, to be circumcised. Because […]
Christ has all things, and He gives all things
If He doesn’t give on one occasion, He knows why. Not however that He is not able to give. When He sends out the apostles to preach, He tells […]
St. Joseph the Hesychast :It harms everyone
Negligence is like a drought that leaves nothing to grow. Vanity harms those who have fruit, those who have advanced, while negligence harms everyone. It hinders those who want […]
How you’re ‘forced’ to enter the house of God
Man looks at his works, his family, and doesn’t take into consideration what God says. All those who refuse to respond to the call of God as today’s Gospel […]
St. John the Chrysostom about the Holy Martyrs in front of Christ
Knowing the greatness of the position of the Holy Martyrs in front of Christ, let us always run to them in our prayers to ask for their help. For […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona about Humility
Didn’t Lucifer and Adam fall away from God through pride and rebellion? Wasn’t Adam saved by the humility of the Theotokos—“Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be […]
St. John the Chrysostom about the holy martyrs
For his sake Because the Holy Martyrs endured everything for the sake of our Lord and for their faithfulness to Him, the Lord provides rich gifts to those […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona about Judgment and Condemnation of Others
Slander is a great evil. Just as the little rudder steers the whole ship wherever it wants, likewise the tongue leads a person either to good or to evil. […]