Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels

Many times, we try to understand why something happens in our lives, usually something that produces a lot of pain. Then we ask the Lord, “Why did you let this […]

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My children, be brave in the fight. Our Christ is invisibly present, waiting to see your victory, in order to give you the unfading crown of eternal glory! Whoever loves […]

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Someone asked Saint Antony the Great: “Elder, what should I be watchful over to please God?”  And the Elder answered: “Keep the following. Wherever you go, always have God before […]

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God wants to help those who have died, because he feels pain for their salvation, but He does not, because He has nobility. He does not want to give the […]

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  “As I find you, I will judge you.” 1 Behold, the value of a moment. Did He find you in repentance? Did He meet you in confession? Did He […]

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  If something pushes you to criticism in any matter regarding a brother or the monastery, try to pray about the matter instead, without passing it under the judgment of […]

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  When in our hearts we do not have the love for Christ, we cannot do anything. We are like ships that do not have fire, gasoline in their engine. […]

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  There is no greater evil than egotism. It gives birth to all temptations and troubles, and woe to whomever it entangles—it will deform him! Only the good disciple will […]

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Saint Michael the Mavroudis, came from the village of Granitsa in Agrafa. His parents were the pious Demetrios and the virtuous Stateria, who brought up Michael “in the education and […]

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  We live in this vain world, but it must not attract and engross our heart so as to deaden its spiritual stamina and separate it from its Maker and […]

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