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 […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
We can not do anything-Even the beasts-The unrepentant sin
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. […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona- Humility
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 […]
Saint Michael The Mavroudis
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 […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Pray with the Jesus prayer constantly
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 […]
When Christ comes
Many times, Christ comes, and He knocks on your door. You have Him sit in the living room of your soul, but you are absorbed with your tasks and […]
The ingredients that make prayer savory
Cry out the name of God; He is ready to help everyone who asks. Do not forget the prayer; man’s entire being is sanctified by the prayer. It […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona- The death and the judgment of God
The life of man hangs by a hair; at every step, our life hangs in the balance. How many millions of people woke up in the morning, never to […]
Patience with afflictions
Ι had a cousin, her mind was affected by an illness and suffered. About twenty years later she died. Believe me, I saw her in a vision within the ranks […]
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 […]
