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 […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
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 […]
The human soul
My brothers, you must recognize that: There is something bigger than the land. And that’s the sea. There is something bigger than the sea. And that’s the sky. And there […]
The Cross is a way of life
It is the way of life The Cross is not only the “symbol” or “sign” of Christ, but it is also way of life for the Christians or rather […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. The illness and the will of God
Ignorance, my child, is known as the soul’s death. Ignorance does not enlighten a sick person; it does not say to him: “Your illness is the will of God, […]