Humility stems from love
If you love someone, you do not say bad words about them, you do not despise them, you do not upset them, because they are hurt. If you upset someone […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
How we can reach salvation
When you think of death, then your whole atti- tude adjusts accordingly, and that’s why you don’t sin. Likewise, when you think what it’s like for someone to live in […]
On Carnal Warfare
My child, you wrote about your carnal warfare. Know that it stems from pride —so that you may humble yourself and learn that if grace leaves us, we fall […]
How to gain His Kingdom
At the beginning of his monastic life, Abbot Euprepius visited an Elder and said to him: “Elder, how can I gain His Kingdom?” And he said to him: […]
What does the wish of superiority means
Generally, when someone feels inferior to others, he feels badly. And in order to stand somehow decently among others, he clings to some qualities he possesses, he cultivates and […]
What is the spirit of Apostles
How to gain His KingdomHow to gain His Kingdom What is the spirit of the Apostles and what is ours? If the Apostles became what they were, that wasn’t because […]
Choosing your friends
One day two friends were going for a walk. One had a suit and was clean. The other was wearing old clothes and was dirty. At some point they […]
Let us do whatever God shows we must do.
In this world, on this earth, on the one hand, we’re in exile. On the other, however, we’re obliged to lead our whole life doing this or that. Let us […]
An example of strength in Christ
Saint Chrysḗ (celebrated 13/10) was born in the village of Chrysḗ in the province of Almopia in the prefecture of Pella. This village is today just right outside […]
When the grace of Christ comes to us
Everything that takes place in Church –vespers, matins, the prayers of the compline, the hours and all other services– and everything we do as Church, are an […]