The Myrrhbearing women, despite knowing they were unable to roll the stone from the tomb, they decided to. And as a result of this, they were first both […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Love, Humility and Others
I pray your soul is in good health, for when it is healthy, it has patience in afflictions, it has self-denial with the body and in […]
You get some of the fragnance
Said an elder: "He who enters the shop where they sell perfumes, even if he buys nothing, he certainly gets some of the fragrance in him. Similarly, he […]
It is against us in everything
Anyone want to stay awake? The devil hinders with slothfulness and indolence and so opposes us in everything, in every good thing with which we are occupied. That […]
Sunday of St. Thomas
The Son of God became man that man might become god. Through His Sacrifice on the Holy Cross, Our Lord cleansed human nature and by His death He gave […]
A little Easter
During the Sunday Eucharist we celebrate a little Easter, that is, our passage from death to life, from the land of the dead to the land of […]
Why did Christ have to die for us?
Many might ask the questions: Why did Christ, the most and only Innocent, have to face the worst form of death, the death on the cross, in […]
Spiritual messages
Forget them The more we constantly recall the evils our brothers have done to us, said St. Macarius, the more we turn away from God. If we […]
Holy and Great Thursday
On Great Thursday morning the Divine Liturgy of St Basil is celebrated and we chant this wonderful Communion hymn: “Of Your mystical supper, Son of God, receive me today […]