My child, be silent, humble, obedient till death; be ready to sacrifice yourself by cutting off your will, even if it seems like a real martyrdom—this is what self-denial […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
Continue with the same praise
Do not accuse as vicious and evil, the one who till yesterday you praised as good and virtuous because of the change from love to hatred that occurred in […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona about Illness
A physician torments a sick person with operations, bitter medicines, amputation of body parts, etc., with the purpose, of course, of curing him and not of torturing him out […]
Spiritual messages
Away from God Man never feared poverty, sickness, and death so much, as he fears them now that he does not fear God. Fotis Kontoglou (1895-1965) […]
Why temptations are allowed to happen
Trials and temptations are allowed to happen to people for the following reasons. For some to have their sins forgiven which they have already committed. Others to prevent them […]
Elder Efraim of Arizana. Through Time to Eternity
The remembrance of hell should always be in your mind, for it has much fruit within it. Who can remember eternal fire and remain without tears? Weep, my child, […]
Why God creates bad people?
Why, despite knowing it beforehand, did God create those people who were to sin and not repent, and apparently to suffer eternal damnation? If God did not create […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. About Illness
I am sick with the flu and feel sharp pains in my appendix. I don’t know what will happen. In any case, glory to Thee, O God. God […]
How to treat your brother
Do not consider your brother, who until yesterday was spiritual and virtuous, evil and wicked because of the hatred towards him which was created today by the influence […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. About Repentance
(The Elder writes to one of his spiritual daughters in the world:) † All that you suffered, my daughter, was because of your self-reliance. Didn’t I advise you to have […]