The techniques of spiritual warfare, and of the spiritual life.
Man’s soul is like a tangled ball of yarn “These experiences are to be thrown out, but am I holding onto them?” To set the stage, […]
Author: Ελευθερία Ντάνη
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My prison, my executioners, are my genes
It is not only those who struggle to make ends meet, those who have to deal with a multitude of problems in order to […]
Sayings of Saint Paisios
“We ought to struggle to uproot the major passions, since by uprooting a big passion, many other small ones are uprooted.” *** “The mind of a selfless person ought […]
Useful spiritual advice
A monk went once to Elder Feleka. He was also accompanied by several individuals that were not monks. He asked the Elder to tell them something useful like […]
Dealing with Enemies
The person who doesn’t have the Spirit of God in him, can’t love his enemies. Such a person responds with violence, the Christian responds differently. Elder […]
Demoniacs then and now
My beloved, you heard the sacred and holy gospel. A small book the Gospel, but it is the most beautiful, most powerful, most superb, incomparable book of the world. […]
But One Prayer is Needful
When I asked if he knew the words to the Akathist hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos – since it is common in Greece for many faithful and monastics […]
Walking together with God
If whatever we go through, we take it the right way and see it as a blessing from God –because indeed it is a blessing– we will feel so […]
Sayings of Saint Paisios
“When someone is irritated, it is better not to speak to him at all, unless of course you have a very good reason. His irritation resembles a […]
Sayings of Saint Paisios
“When in prayer we don’t feel joy and comfort, as does a little child who runs to its mother’s embrace, then we have either hurt someone through our conduct […]