How can we gain eternal life?
People who are psychologically burdened and whose inner state is not normal, operate in such a way that the abnormal inner state of theirs opposes a different judgment […]
People who are psychologically burdened and whose inner state is not normal, operate in such a way that the abnormal inner state of theirs opposes a different judgment […]
Man usually repents because of a big sorrow, or under extreme pressure. But such repentance isn’t pleasing to God. It’s not the kind of repentance which will cost your […]
Entering the new year, let us look into ourselves, let us examine whether we truly belong to the Church and whether we are active and healthy members of the […]
Would you like to make a new start? Start with repentance. Many “good” Christians have a hard time fighting this or the other spiritual battle, yet, the real issue […]
If we truly believe in our God, why remain poor? Why not decide at last to seek for the goods that are given by God? Why don’t we seek […]
We read in the ascetic texts: “Whatever work you do, you have to do it in such a way as if you were never going to die, and at […]
Fasting is always connected with ascesis and spir- itual mourning, which is repentance, contrition, de- voutness, and humility. When such is the life of man, a life of […]
When man humbles himself and becomes fully aware of his weakness, then God intervenes. The same goes for us here, too. When we are totally left on our […]
It is noteworthy that although the honorable skull of John the Forerunner is in the possession of an Arian archimandrite, it nonetheless works wonders. It is not prevented. […]
Commonly, man takes a posture such that his passions are protected, his weaknesses, his specific sins: as if he has a friendship with all of them, as if he […]