When God brings the new day, let us think that it is our last day and that when the sun sets we shall depart to the judgment seat of […]
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 […]
To love and serve God
Only one thing we need: to love and serve our Lord. This is what we also learn from wise king Solomon in Ecclesiastes (12, 13): “Fear God and keep […]
Prayer works wonders
Prayer works wonders. A mother should not be content just with the sensual sweet caress of her child but should practice the spiritual caress of prayer. Saint […]
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Dealing with struggle-Dealing with conflict
“Do not be despondent when fighting against the incorporeal enemy, but even in the midst of your afflictions and oppression praise the Lord, Who has found you worthy to […]
Be thankful for what you have
Be thankful to God, in every moment of your lives. But many have fallen into what happens to the unhappy people. They despise the things they presently have and […]
Salvation through Theotokos
– Someone, Elder, asked us: ‘Since our salvation is in God’s hands, why, when we invoke the Virgin Mary, we say: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us”? – Let’s say […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. The shorter road to God
I entreat our Panagia very much that she grant me humility in all things, for it is a fundamental virtue, and without it the grace of the All-holy Spirit […]
A miracle of Saint Menas
Among the many miracles of Saint Menas is also the one that took place in 1826 in Heraklion, Crete, a city that particularly honors the Saint. In […]
The Love of God
Christ mentioned two types of love, the love for God and the love for one’s neighbor; and look, how much He exalted the latter. That is, after stating […]