Pain heals souls
Pain cures not only the person who is far from God; it also heals souls that are healthy, but partially ill with a “sickness not unto death,” 1 such […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
Giving. Saint Paisios the Hagiorate
If we are asked for something and we are sorry to give it or sorry to lose it, then we loved it more than Christ. It is a wonderful […]
About Fasting
A young man is talking with an Elder at the Holy Mountain: “My child, fasting is as old as we are. It was given to us in Paradise when […]
A real virtue
That’s a real virtue, to treat the presumptuous and rude with leniency. For none of those who want to cure the sick and punish the maniac, do not act […]
Our communion with God through the Joly Spirit
We once used to live in paradise, but with the fall of Adam and Eve we turned our backs to God. Now the union with Christ has to take […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Illness
May the God of patience and consolation 1 grant you patience and His caress of consolation to strengthen you to continue the struggle. My child, do not look […]
True faith
Said Abba Euprepius: “If you admit that God is trustworthy and powerful, believe in Him and you will share in His blessings. But if you take it lightly, it […]
Christ, He knows how to make us move
If someone looks at the life of Christ, the life of His disciples, the life of the saints and is encouraged to imitate them –and attempts to imitate Christ […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Let us expose the lie of devil’s traps
The devil, of course, will not remain inactive; he also has his own weapons. Which ones? For instance, he whispers to us: “You can’t do anything. I will throw […]
The Ascetic Desert
The ascetic meaning of the word “desert” does not refer to a geographical place, but to a way of life. It is such a kind of “withdrawal” from people, […]