Worldly spirit is our soul’s death
Every man is of God, every man is a creature of God. It is of no importance how sin has affected and is still affecting every soul […]
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Elder Efraim of Arizona. Eternity.Paradise or hell?
Raise your mind to the dread judgment seat of Christ —what defense shall we give on the day of judgment when our deeds are judged? How frightening is the […]
Conscience, the voice of God
Do what your conscience dictates. Your con- science may be unclean, blind even, but there is a voice in there, a little voice, the voice of God. Anyone may […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. God tries with every means to awaken us.
How precious is the time of this life! Every minute has great worth, for within one minute we can think so many things, either good or evil. One […]
The worldly spitit and the spirit of the saints
If you don’t take a distance from the worldly spirit, you cannot focus. There can be no devoutness in the soul nor fear of God, piety, […]
Giving up smoking
Giving up smoking Some of my spiritual children told me that they gave up the passion of smoking because when they went to a monastery, they heard a crazy […]
How to practice the Jesus prayer
Sit down alone and in silence, lower your head, close your eyes, breathe calmly, and imagine yourself looking into the depths of your heart. Walk your thoughts through this […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. When you are ill….
I pray that you will always be healthy. But when you are ill, bear patiently the chastening of the Lord which is sent from His affectionate and immense heart. […]
The Holy Theophany
The Trinitarian God is revealed at the baptism of the Lord. The Son, who is God and man enters the Jordan river, the Holy Spirit descends as a […]
The value of the spiritual father
When I was younger in the world, I had seen a movie that stuck in my memory, and this movie helped me at the beginning of my life as […]