A young man called his Spiritual Father on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. The Elder responded on the phone: “Many Years my child.” “Elder, is not my name […]
Category: Spiritual Life
Our talents
“And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five […]
“If God doesn’t intervene, there is no salvation for me”
Pay attention to this –pay close attention. It’s possible for someone to do the holiest of things, and yet his selfishness afflict him even more deeply. This is especially sure […]
Only Obedience saves us
People today are so obsessed with themselves, so mastered by their completely sinful state –a state in which sin and sickness are all mixed up together– and in which […]
Watchfullness
Watch out for your thoughts that they do not travel here and there, but glue them tightly on the name of Christ. Fr. Efraim Filotheitis Translated by […]
The virtues are in the middle
The cardinal virtues are four: courage, prudence, discreetness, and fairness. There are eight other moral states that either go beyond or fall short of these virtues. Spiritual people consider […]
Victims of our own mentality?
Ηe, who suppose to be a Christian, even if he doesn’t become a true Christian, he will be driven heather and yon by his own “keel”. In any […]
Before the Nativity
(Mat. 1: 1-25) The biggest evil and the biggest of all goods It so happens that even a lot of christians have not realised that all […]
Regarding Prayer
A young man asked an Elder in the Holy Mountain: “Elder, how I can obtain the unceasing prayer? How I can obtain the prayer of the heart?” The […]
With all our strength we serve selfishness
Man has many powers within himself and with them he serves selfishness. When he serves it, it arises, and all the powers of [his soul] are […]