The Theotokos built herself and offered to God everything that attracted Christ to the earth, that motivated God’s creative hand. And what are they? Life without sin, pure and […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
Jealously is the result of your ego
Jealousy is an expression of inner weakness, but also of abnormal love. That is, I love him/her in a selfish and exclusive way, I believe that I have […]
Saint Niphon II, the Patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Niphon II, the Patriarch of Constantinople, was from the Peloponnese, Greece. His parents were named Manuel and Maria, and he was named Nicholas in Holy Baptism. Later, […]
St. Nikanor the Wonderworker (Feast Day – August 7)
Saint Nikanor was born in 1491 in Thessaloniki of wealthy parents, John and Maria, who had great difficulty having children. Their faith however, displayed by their prayers, fasting and […]
The Holy New Martyr Saint Theodore of Çanakkale
Coming from the village of Erenkioi in the Hellespont, located on the site of the ancient city of Ofrynion, Saint Theodore settled in the city of Çanakkale at the […]
Εlder Efraim of Arizona. Do not lose your courage
Do not lose your courage, my child, no matter how much the tempestuous sea of various passions might rage at times. You should reflect that all these things—and […]
Τhe Jesus prayer is not an invention of the monks.
The request of the two blind men, that is, “Have mercy on us, Son of David” (Matthew 9:27), is a variation of the well-known prayer, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son […]
Εlder Efraim of Arizona. Do not speak unnecessary words
Do not speak unnecessary words, my child, for they chill your soul’s divine zeal. Love silence, which gives birth to all virtues and fences in the soul so […]
Heal first yourself and then ask for the others
Today many children are suffering because of the unfaithfulness and hard-heartedness of their parents. I remember in Athens there was a husband and wife who once invited an elder […]
Εlder Efraim of Arizona. The healthy soul
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 its thoughts; […]