Only one thing we need: to love and serve our Lord. This is what we also learn from wise king Solomon in Ecclesiastes (12, 13): “Fear God and keep […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
Be thankful for what you have
Be thankful to God, in every moment of your lives. But many have fallen into what happens to the unhappy people. They despise the things they presently have and […]
Salvation through Theotokos
– Someone, Elder, asked us: ‘Since our salvation is in God’s hands, why, when we invoke the Virgin Mary, we say: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us”? – Let’s say […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. The shorter road to God
I entreat our Panagia very much that she grant me humility in all things, for it is a fundamental virtue, and without it the grace of the All-holy Spirit […]
Abstinence
Some brothers from the Skete went to visit Saint Anthony. So, they got on a boat to go there and in it they found another Elder, who also […]
Tongue as the enemy
Elder Sesoe once said with conviction, “Have courage. Here in the desert, I have thirty years that I no longer ask God for forgiveness from sin, but I […]
The praying heart
Prayer is standing before the presence of God with your mind in your heart. If we cannot live without God, then we cannot live without prayer, because through […]
Enemy, but also opponent-All traps are destroyed
Why is the devil called not only an enemy, but also an opponent? He is called an enemy because he hates man, hates good, wants evil. He is […]
True Godly Love
If you hate some people; others you neither love nor hate; others you love, but very little, while others you love very much, know that because of the […]
The perfect priest
“No matter how hard you look for the kind, the perfect priest, the perfect community, the perfect parish…you won;t find it! Just like you won’;t find the perfect […]