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 […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
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 […]
It will come when you do not ask for it
When you stop remembering what you ask for, then it will come to you as a gift of your patience and courage. Saint Joseph the Hesychast Translated […]
The obstacle in the relationship between you and God
The obstacle lying deep down in our soul must be removed. And the existing obstacle, is neither the unhealthy state nor, if you like, simply sin itself. Be- lieve it […]
Abide in the bond of mutual love
Abide in the bond of mutual love, for love is the beginning and the end—the foundation. It is on love towards God and your brothers that “all the law […]