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 […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
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. […]
Moaning and groaning about your neighbor
The slightest moaning and groaning about your neighbor, affects your soul and you cannot pray. The Holy Spirit, when finds the soul in such a situation, does not dare to approach. […]
How the Holy Spirit will save our souls
Paul the Apostle writes to the Galatians: “I travail in birth”. He means to say that he gave birth to them once in pain, as if he were in labor, […]
Who saves our souls
In the Old Testament, in the Book of Numbers, among other things, the following distinctive event is narrated: “When the Israelites had disobeyed God in the wilderness, as a […]