Let the prophet Elijah be an example for us The case of prophet Elijah is pretty impressive. At some moment, it seemed as if the prophet had lost heart, […]
Category: Spiritual Life
Five Reasons to Visit a Monastery
Striving to Live a Christ-centered Life: Five Reasons to Visit a Monastery Introduction: Journeying by boat to visit their beloved spiritual father, Constantine Palamas – the father of […]
Pascha
Bit by bit, grace comes The Lord has risen, my brethren, so that we may also rise. Presently, as long as we still find ourselves in […]
Annunciation of the Theotokos
The Lord wishes to come to our hearts through the Holy Spirit. And for this miracle to happen, He always expects us to respond just like the Virgin […]
Thomas Sunday
(John. 20, 19-29) “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe” Christ works with many Christians just as he did with Thomas: He shows condescension […]
Christ: the never-setting noetic Sun
Since Christ’s birth – within a span of millennia – major historical events have taken place. Great men have come and gone: philosophers, rhetoricians, kings, and emperors, each of which […]
A beautiful prayer
My Lord, I feel that I have sinned a lot. You called me, you baptized me, you gave me the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and I paid no […]
We have to rely upon God’s love
Each and every one of us should do serious work in themselves to find out where they make conces- sions, what they succumb to, to what extent […]
A short prayer
I kiss you, Father and Creator! I am caressed by Your love. In every fruit of the earth, in every grain of wheat, in every crumb of bread, I […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona : War against the devil
My children, with a complete sacrifice of our self-will and desires we must declare war against the devil, the world, and our evil tendencies and weaknesses. The “old man” 1 […]