I entreat you, my child, compel yourself to show brotherly love. A monk without love is spiritually dead. Do not judge anyone; do not say things that are unnecessary, […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
About Fasting
A young man is talking with an Elder at the Holy Mountain: “My child, remember that the angel who appeared to Cornelius praised him for his fasting and his alms […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona Away with despair and hopelessness
After Judas the traitor dedicated himself to the Lord and became a partaker of grace, he performed miracles along with the rest of the Apostles, yet in the end […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Through Time to Eternity
The years roll by and pass, and day by day each one of us draws closer and closer to the end of his life. Our precious time rolls by […]
The miracle in El Alamein in 1942
In 1942, during World War II, Rommel’s German and Italian forces in Africa were able to advance so far that the danger of reaching the Suez Canal was visible. […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Humility
Once a demon met St. Macarios the Great and said to him, “Macarios, what do you do more than us by sitting in the desert? I reside in […]
The ceaseless prayer of the heart
The steward, who was a Pole and was a caring man, came over and found me reading the Philokalia and started asking me about what I was reading. “Ah,” he […]
Prayer the immediate spiritual necessity-Elder Efraim of Arizona
To guard love, the pinnacle of virtues, diligence in prayer is an immediate spiritual necessity. Struggle in prayer if you want our Christ to dwell in you, and He, […]
The Bell of Virtue
Virtue has no bell so you can ring it and recognize that this is a virtue. The bell of virtue is tolerance, forbearing, patience. These are the ornaments of every […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. A poisoned heart
The heart is poisoned and darkened by pleasure and sensuality. Then, since it is darkened, it does the works of darkness, grieving the Holy Spirit Whom it had received […]