The necessary virtues
Said the abbot Mark: “;He who would like to cross the imaginary sea needs to have longsuffering, long-temper, humility, watchfulness, vigilance, and moderation. If he tries to enter the […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
Elder Efraim of Arizona about Repentance
Pray for me, my brother, so that the Lord may grant me repentance before I depart on the great journey from this world—for we were not created […]
Life in Christ
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saints Athanasius and Cyril
Saints Athanasius and Cyril weren’t just anybody. They didn’t hold a position in Church in order to solve, let’s say, their personal or family problems. They believed in […]
Obedience
You obeyed, you go to heaven, you didn’t obey, even if you pray, you go to communion, you go to liturgy, you are destined for hell. Here’s Adam, here’s […]
The marks of God
God puts the mark of excellence on those who do good only because they desire to do God’s will. To those who do good, in order to […]