About love True love does not mean only to give, but also to be deprived and to feel sorry, when such deprivation and sorrow restrain another from going astray […]
Tag: Gerontikon
Sleepiness and prayer
Sometimes it is so difficult to remain awake and alert during our morning or evening prayers. Is it because we are tired from work or school or is […]
Regardig repentance
One of the desert fathers relates the following beneficial story: In Thessaloniki, there was once a convent of virgins. One of the nuns by virtue of the works […]
Abba Sisoes at the tomb of Alexander the Great
St. Sisoes was renowned for his wisdom, repentance, his faith in God and particularly for his humility. Through his labours, St Sisoes humbled himself immensely and God gifted […]
Not my will, but thine, be done
Many times we are unhappy with certain bad thoughts (attacks from the enemy) that continuously come to our minds. These very disagreeable thoughts they can practically torture us […]
Conversation between Abba Macarios and an Angel of the Lord
One day Abba Macarios was walking in the desert. Behind him walked an Angel of the Lord, who said to him: ‘‘Your blessing holy Father.’’ Abba Macarios took […]
