One of the reasons our God may not make a sick person well is so the person does not lose his reward in the afterlife. This is similar to […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
The Jesus prayer heals from the passion of dringing
At a factory in my village, there was a very good craftsman. He was also a kind and gentle human being. Unfortunately, he also drank and actually quite […]
How wonderful are the gifts of the Jesus of Prayer.
But how wonderful, how delightful, and how consoling a thing it is when God pleased with your efforts in praying unceasingly with the Jesus Prayer (Lord Jesus Christ, have […]
St. Paisios. Holy sayings
Warring against our flesh Self-control over desires of the flesh makes a person physically strong, and if this person also lives a spiritual life the person becomes spiritually strong […]
The fragrance of Paradise
Some time ago, when I was visiting Mount Athos, I found myself, a younger priest at the time, in the steep cliffs of the remote site of Katounakia. There […]
The Jesus prayer heals from anxiety and fear
I wandered for a long time and I walked for three days, without seeing a single village. In the meantime, my dried bread was almost gone and I began […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. The important thing is not to lose our immortal life
You were patient for so many years, and they passed like a dream. But even if we lived a thousand years, they would still pass like a dream. Oh, […]
The purpose of human beings is to reach Sainthood
We were born and came to the world with a destination and a purpose: To become Saints. Therefore, wherever we are, whatever we are doing, we must exercise and work […]
The Ladder of the Divine Ascent
A man called his Spiritual Father with all kind of questions regarding his job. The man had a big research center that he was running and […]
The Jesus prayer is the way to unit us with God
I told him that the soul could be freed from sinful thoughts only by our willingness to guard the mind and clean the heart, and this could be […]