Concerning calm and unceasing prayer the Lord said: “Take good care not to indulge in drunkenness and worldly cares.” “Stay awake and pray, lest temptation overcome you.” “What […]
Advice on Obedience
Concerning obedience the Lord said: “came down from heaven to do not what I want, but what the Father who sent me wants.” “Whoever loves father or mother […]
Regarding prayer – Elder Efraim of Arizona
Cry out the prayer without ceasing. May God grant you a blessed beginning! May it not abandon you, or rather, may you not abandon the prayer—the life of the soul, […]
Sunday Before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Whoever discovers God’s love strives zealously to respond to this love Ever since Christ came and for as long as we reside in this world the main issue […]
Advice on Humility
Concerning humility the Lord said: “When you do all that God commands you, say that we are unworthy servants”:, “That which appears among men as worthy of honor, […]
Going to Church
God opposes the proud while He gives grace to the humble. The Pharisee in the parable did some good things. But he appears before God in a pharisaical, […]
A life of repentance is a life of continuous fighting
Many times, it happens to the fighting Christian man that he cannot defeat the “old man”. This is because he is so much imprisoned by his […]
Without the brick the dome falls
-Do you confess, do you go to confession? – I, Father, consider these things as formalities. – Ah, no! These are like the central brick of the dome, […]
He gave us the power
God has given us the power, if we want it, to forgive each other’s sins. And yes, you do not have the ability to have mercy on your […]
Saint Kosmas the Aetolian as a Missionary Part 1
1. Introduction. A holy anniversary has recently been celebrated in Greece: this past 24th of August marked the passage of 180 years from the very day on which a […]