“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 […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Witnesses
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 […]
St. Paisios about the writings of the fathers of the Orthodox church
The writings of the Fathers of our Church, are genuine, spiritual nourishment, and they lead safely and unmistakably down the spiritual path. The people asked Saint Paisios: Elder, […]
The righteous
All the righteous who have been swallowed by death have been redeemed. Because He who was prophesied and proclaimed King of heaven and earth by these righteous and Prophets, […]
Now I’m totally fine. I have no pain anymore
Gregory Moisejevic Kalimanovic, a Jew and a barber in the profession, suffered many years of cancer in the esophagus. He had tried many different treatments, but nothing has worked. […]
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 – […]
Salutary sayings of Saint Paisios of mount Athos
Hell is to be away from God. Hell for a child is to be away from its mother. Most people are so consumed by earthly concerns and possessions […]
Now I’m totally fine. I have no pain anymore
Gregory Moisejevic Kalimanovic, a Jew and a barber in the profession, suffered many years of cancer in the esophagus. He had tried many different treatments, but nothing has worked. […]