Elder Efraim of Arizona-Do not judge anyone
I entreat you, my child, compel yourself to show brotherly love. A monk without love is spiritually dead. Do not judge anyone; do not say things that are unnecessary, […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
About Fasting
A young man is talking with an Elder at the Holy Mountain: “My child, remember that the angel who appeared to Cornelius praised him for his fasting and his alms […]
The issues you have are exactly what you need
Let us say that you have an issue to deal with. If you are left to your own devices, you will get angry, you will become exasperated, disappointed, you will […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona Away with despair and hopelessness
After Judas the traitor dedicated himself to the Lord and became a partaker of grace, he performed miracles along with the rest of the Apostles, yet in the end […]
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 […]
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 […]