I don’t know his will… Every now and then, some people ask: “But, what is God’s will? I don’t know the will of God.” What don’t you know? You […]
Category: Spiritual Life
On Salvation and Paradise
Chapter 1: Now in the springtime, when nature is wearing its most beautiful apparel, one feels inexpressible joy when this natural beauty is accompanied by a sublime spiritual state. […]
Learning from St. Dositheos’ Example
Perfect obedience is this: ( St. Dorotheos ) never allowed ( his disciple, Dositheos ) to become attached to any material objects. Dositheos took everything with joy and faith and obeyed willingly in everything. When he […]
Why God allows temptations
You are having a rough time… The deepest, the purest and most permanent benefit comes to the soul exactly at a time when man has nothing to rely […]
After the fall man makes himself God
With the way that we think and the way we act, we, the Christians of today, ultimately become rather futile and aren’t able to reach the point we […]
Unanswered prayers
Why do my prayers for help in my daily struggle remain unanswered ? Often we ask ourselves, ‘If Christ Himself said that our prayers will be answered ‘Ask […]
What does “I make a start”, mean in practice?
The repressed experiences come out uncontrolled and do whatever they want For us to better understand how repressed experiences work, we will use the following example. In the past, […]
Do you come to terms with things fatalistically?
Absolutely no need of ours, brethren, stays out of the providence of God. We should never hesitate to ask for His intervention. But, we should be willing to […]
Cross and glory
Cross and glory Only God knows what every one of us should go through. And not only should we get prepared for it but also look forward […]
The Creator of All
All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. (John 1:3) Who is Christ? We hear one, two thousand different […]