From the time our sweet Jesus lifted the life-giving wood of the precious Cross on His immaculate shoulders and was hanged upon it, from that time and throughout the ages, […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
If you desire his kingdom
The second thing that you need to do, if you desire to obtain His Kingdom, is to prepare yourself with diligence, knowing the value and the greatness of this […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona.”Reproach yourself constantly ”
My child, always justify your brother and reproach yourself. Never justify your deeds. Learn to say, “Bless”—in other words, “Forgive me”—and humility will dwell within you. Have patience […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. ”The temptations seem like fire and water”
Struggle, my child, so that your soul may bear fruit, for the position that each person will receive beside the Lord Jesus corresponds to how much he has labored. […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. How your soul’s accounts are doing?
Every night, review how you passed the day, and in the morning review how the night passed, so that you know how your soul’s accounts are doing. If you […]
Do you want to see a miracle?
An older monk once told us. Many university students come here to Mount Athos. Once a dozen had come and asked me to perform a miracle for them. […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. Humility
May true and genuine humble-mindedness increase in your soul, through which the fruit of the soul is preserved. Satan tries to make those who struggle forget their goal. He […]
All of us have a Cross
All people have a cross to carry. There is no man in this world without a cross. Those who met Christ from the time of their childhood have […]
Holy sayings
Paradise from this life The complete surrender of our life to God is a redemption from the insecurity that is brought to us by believing in our ego. This […]
Why does God allow sickness?
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 […]