“..Behold, now is the day of salvation…”
Man comes into the light of this world crying, he passes his life in weeping and sorrows, and he leaves the world in tears and pain. O vanity of vanities! […]
Author: Ελευθερία Ντάνη
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Entrust yourself to God through your spiritual father
God expects from every man to deny human curiosity, cowardice and disbelief. He expects man to go against his wish to see something wondrous first, to hear something, to understand […]
What if I don’t have love in my heart?
A nun asked Saint Zosima of Siberia, “What should I do, elder? I am heavyhearted and sad because I don’t have love in my heart for my sister.” And he […]
His mercy is bigger than our sins
The goodness, virtue, and forbearance of God aim to lead us to repentance. Even the punishments of God aim to lead men to repentance. Were you misled? Did you fall? […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona: You cannot hide from your conscience
I have written to you about the conscience, that we must be careful not to do something that will make it reproach and condemn us. Bear in mind that God […]
“Wherever the grace of the Archangels overshadows, thence the devil is banished”
“Wherever the grace of the Archangels overshadows, thence the devil is banished”, says the doxastikon of the feast. You don’t do justice to yourself when you struggle simply relying on […]
His sins were all forgiven because of a piece of bread
Your love for God gets tested in your interactions with the poor Everytime a poor man comes knocking at your door, try to see that behind his humble appearance is […]
Are we ready to see our sinfulness?
If only we could borrow a little, just a little, some- thing of the spirit, the mentality, the thought of a saint. In the world we live in, how better […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona: Struggle, my child, in silence
Struggle, my child, as much as you can to become forceful—force yourself in everything, especially in silence and in mournful tears. When silence is practiced with knowledge and maintained with […]
How to go deeper into yourself
There comes a time when God illuminates you to say: “Dear God, how can I thank you enough? I’d never had such a thing in mind. If it was up […]