The importance of the silence
Compel yourselves in silence, the mother of all godly virtues. Keep silent in order to say the prayer. For when one speaks, how is it possible to avoid idle […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
The Holy Spirit will be in us
The main thing is to start with God’s blessing on everything you do! When you are righteous, you have God on your side. And when you even have a […]
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 […]
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 […]