In the Orthodox Church, we also ask the Virgin Mary to save us. Is this the right thing to do? A young person who was visiting Mount Athos […]
Category: Spiritual Life
The benefits of almsgiving. An amazing miracle
The benefits of almsgiving. An amazing miracle Once there lived in the city an officer of the palace court. One day he was sent by the king to someone […]
How can we find Christ
How can we find Christ Serving mostly his egoism, captured and affected by it as he is, man doesn’t want to go to Christ. If someone comes to Christ, […]
Endure Patiently
Endure Patiently To be humble, it means that you believe, because of your sins, that you are worthy of being treated unfairly, to be humiliated, and to be falsely […]
Prayer from someone who falls all the time in the same sin
Prayer from someone who falls all the time in the same sin Our Lord Jesus Christ, regardless if I want it or if I don’t want it, please […]
What speaks to the heart that fights with God?
What speaks to the heart that fights with God? When I was at Mount Athos in Nea Skiti, one night we heard a knock on the door of our […]
Holy Sayings
Holy Sayings The biggest misjudgment All those who see people romantically and from the outside, they move everything bad and evil that exists in them towards the environment and […]
We should love Christ with all our soul
We should love Christ with all our soul When a man or a woman puts someone in his or in her heart, from this point onwards not only does […]
Can I be a little bit with the “world” and a little bit with Christ?
Can I be a little bit with the “world” and a little bit with Christ? I am sorry my spiritual child but this cannot be done. You have to be […]
Patience! Patience! Patience!
Patience! Patience! Patience! Below is an amateur translation I did. It’s an excerpt from Words from the heart (pp. 246-250), a collection of homilies by Abbess Makrina of the Holy […]