Throw away the sadness and melancholy
Let God take you wherever He wants to and make what He wants out of you. Can it be that you don’t have such courage to support His plan? At […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Through Time to Eternity
The years roll by and pass, and day by day each one of us draws closer and closer to the end of his life. Our precious time rolls by […]
The miracle in El Alamein in 1942
In 1942, during World War II, Rommel’s German and Italian forces in Africa were able to advance so far that the danger of reaching the Suez Canal was visible. […]
Spiritual life : the art of arts
Sin literally upsets man. Guilt comes, remorse comes and man experiences God’s providence as if it were a whip. Where could we hide? God is every- where. Let us […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Humility
Once a demon met St. Macarios the Great and said to him, “Macarios, what do you do more than us by sitting in the desert? I reside in […]
The ceaseless prayer of the heart
The steward, who was a Pole and was a caring man, came over and found me reading the Philokalia and started asking me about what I was reading. “Ah,” he […]
Fighting the good fight
In spiritual life, simply fighting to correct yourself or to get rid of some flaws, is not enough. As you are fighting the good fight, the point is to manage […]
Prayer the immediate spiritual necessity-Elder Efraim of Arizona
To guard love, the pinnacle of virtues, diligence in prayer is an immediate spiritual necessity. Struggle in prayer if you want our Christ to dwell in you, and He, […]
The Bell of Virtue
Virtue has no bell so you can ring it and recognize that this is a virtue. The bell of virtue is tolerance, forbearing, patience. These are the ornaments of every […]
The inferiority feelings and the God’s love
People suffering from inferiority, the more they see other people enjoying life, the more they get hurt by it. However, if man finds Christ, everything hold- ing him back goes. […]