Palm Sunday
(John 12:1-8) A foretaste of the new life Between Great Lent which finished the day before yesterday on Friday, and Holy Week which begins tomorrow night, […]
Author: Ελευθερία Ντάνη
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Separation from God
Separation from God It is said concerning Abba Agathon that some monks came to find him, having heard tell of his great discernment. Wanting to see if he would […]
Abstinence
Some brothers from the Skete went to visit Saint Anthony. So, they got on a boat to go there and in it they found another Elder, who also […]
Tongue as the enemy
Elder Sesoe once said with conviction, “Have courage. Here in the desert, I have thirty years that I no longer ask God for forgiveness from sin, but I […]
The praying heart
Prayer is standing before the presence of God with your mind in your heart. If we cannot live without God, then we cannot live without prayer, because through […]
4th Sunday of Great Lent (of St. John Climacus)
O Souls, come into communion! Today we live in big cities and huge high-rises, and yet no one knows each other, no one has communion with […]
Enemy, but also opponent-All traps are destroyed
Why is the devil called not only an enemy, but also an opponent? He is called an enemy because he hates man, hates good, wants evil. He is […]
True Godly Love
If you hate some people; others you neither love nor hate; others you love, but very little, while others you love very much, know that because of the […]
The perfect priest
“No matter how hard you look for the kind, the perfect priest, the perfect community, the perfect parish…you won;t find it! Just like you won’;t find the perfect […]
How to drive away sinful thoughts
Saint Sygklitiki said, “As the deadly beasts are driven away by the most powerful poison, so prayer accompanied by fasting drives away sinful thoughts.” From the Gerontikon Translated […]