See to it that you are sincere in your deeds as well as in your words, and especially in confession. For God searches out the hearts and […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
The true friend
I consider as a sincere rule of friendship, who that agrees with his friend without reserve, and neither offers his friendship with flattery, nor uses in secret his enemies, […]
How to live the feast day of Great and Holy Friday
At the celebrated Christian days, at such important feasts, to feel the fact, one must not work. On Great and Holy Friday for example, if you want to feel […]
Act like the father
Those who do not act like the Father, the Father, when they call him Father, does not listen to them. Approach Him, therefore, after you first give evidence that […]
A modern miracle
It was after hours on Sunday night when the priest of the church decided to call his wife at home to tell her that he would be coming home […]
The soul is the master
“Flee fornication” and every other carnal sin, for man must never become a slave to his passions, a plaything of his appetites. “I can try everything, but not everything […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. What judgment will be for us !
How frightening is the question of where each person’s soul will end up! Oh, how much do forgetfulness and indolence lead us astray and me, first! If we […]
Do not allow your sorrow to lead you
Has some temptation happened to you, some tribulation on the part of your brother, and did your sorrow lead you to hatred? Be not overcome by hatred but overcome […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. Who is perfect?
Each person must bear the weaknesses of others. Who is perfect? Who can boast that he has kept his heart undefiled? Hence, we are all sick, and whoever […]
Distance does not affect the sound of the soul
There is an invisible life, the life of the soul. This is very powerful and can influence the other person, even if we are separated by miles. This is […]
