A woman of unknown morals went to the monastery to hold a memorial service for her mother. The women who were there and had heard about her started gossiping about her badly. When the Elder, St. George Karsledes, finished, he […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Witnesses
Faith with no good deeds is dead
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says they have faith but has no deeds? Could faith only save him? What good is it if we don’t give alms for the support of our poor brothers? So, faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. Show me your faith by your good deeds; and I will show you my […]
The miracle of Saint Menas in Heraklion, Crete, which occurred in 1826 AD.
Another miracle of Saint Menas took place in 1826 AD in Heraklion, Crete, a city where the Saint is particularly honored. In 1821 AD, following the outbreak of the Great Greek Revolution against the Turks, the conquerors carried out massacres of thousands of civilians in many areas. The inhabitants of Crete were among the first to pay for the revolution with their blood. Among the […]
How the elder planted Christ in a young man’s soul
“I was a law student,” recalls Monk Paisios, “and I visited the Elder on August 22, 1988, with a classmate of mine named Gregory. It was my […]
Saint Paisios speaks the language of the Pentecost
It is well known that Saint Paisios the Hagiorite, besides Greek, did not know another language. But as it happened multiple times – when there was a reason – […]
Saint Paisios speaks the language of the Pentecost
It is well known that Saint Paisios the Hagiorite, besides Greek, did not know another language. But as it happened multiple times – when there was a reason […]
St. Paisios of Mount Athos.The miracle with a mountain climber
“On one of my many visits to the elder,” relates a pilgrim,[1] “I had my son, Constantine, with me. I said to the elder, ‘Constantine mountain-climber, and he […]
Elder Paisios and the young George from the Far East
George, a young man of sixteen or seventeen, came to Mount Athos to go from one monastery to another. Though Greek by blood, he had been raised abroad from […]
The gift of foreseeing is powerful in His Saints
The winter of 1988, a medical student went to visit Elder Porfyrios (now Saint Porphyrios Bairaktaris the Kapsokalyvite; 7 February 1906 – 2 December 1991). The elder was […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona : Silence
We have so much material offered by the devil, the world, and our carelessness to talk about idly, so many events and stories that are taking place and will […]