What is salvation
Nowhere do we see the martyrs being distressed praying insistently, for example, that God rescue them. On the contrary, they pray that He give them strength to bear all […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
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Elder Efraim of Arizona about Illness
A physician torments a sick person with operations, bitter medicines, amputation of body parts, etc., with the purpose, of course, of curing him and not of torturing him out […]
Spiritual messages
Away from God Man never feared poverty, sickness, and death so much, as he fears them now that he does not fear God. Fotis Kontoglou (1895-1965) […]
Why temptations are allowed to happen
Trials and temptations are allowed to happen to people for the following reasons. For some to have their sins forgiven which they have already committed. Others to prevent them […]
Elder Efraim of Arizana. Through Time to Eternity
The remembrance of hell should always be in your mind, for it has much fruit within it. Who can remember eternal fire and remain without tears? Weep, my child, […]
The heavenly treasure
When it comes to material gold, you have to search for it, work hard, labor, and with mathematical precision, you find it. With spiritual issues, it isn’t exactly like […]
Why God creates bad people?
Why, despite knowing it beforehand, did God create those people who were to sin and not repent, and apparently to suffer eternal damnation? If God did not create […]
The successful marriage
By entering into marriage, a person is not alone but has someone else too. Besides that, they are both not alone, but they live before God and something more: […]
How to treat your brother
Do not consider your brother, who until yesterday was spiritual and virtuous, evil and wicked because of the hatred towards him which was created today by the influence […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. About Repentance
(The Elder writes to one of his spiritual daughters in the world:) † All that you suffered, my daughter, was because of your self-reliance. Didn’t I advise you to have […]