Elder Efraim of Arizona. About Illness
The afflictions felt in illnesses are sent by the holy hand of our good God. The most effective medicine for spiritual health is bodily illness. Illnesses are […]
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How to Overcome Inactivity
When Saint Antony the Great was in the desert, he once fell into inactivity and dormancy and great confusion of his thoughts and said to God Lord, I […]
Our Saints are always with us
We had gone on a pilgrimage to Saint Patapios (his memory is commemorated on December 8) in the monastery at Loutraki where his incorruptible body is kept, with […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Love, Humility and Others
I pray your soul is in good health, for when it is healthy, it has patience in afflictions, it has self-denial with the body and in […]
You get some of the fragnance
Said an elder: "He who enters the shop where they sell perfumes, even if he buys nothing, he certainly gets some of the fragrance in him. Similarly, he […]
It is against us in everything
Anyone want to stay awake? The devil hinders with slothfulness and indolence and so opposes us in everything, in every good thing with which we are occupied. That […]
A little Easter
During the Sunday Eucharist we celebrate a little Easter, that is, our passage from death to life, from the land of the dead to the land of […]
Spiritual messages
Forget them The more we constantly recall the evils our brothers have done to us, said St. Macarius, the more we turn away from God. If we […]
‘He who teaches
It is good to teach, but if you apply what you say so that your actions are consistent with what he says and by his silent example be recognized for […]
Υou have to stop being busy with yourself
It is God who acts to give us a new life, but God expects man to give his consent on his behalf. In or- der to say “yes”, […]