HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATIONS He who wants to overcome temptations without prayer and patience, not only will not overcome them, but will become even more entangled with […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
Elder Efraim of Arizona-Everything depends on prayer
Pray, my child, because everything depends on prayer —especially the salvation of our souls. When we pray with pain and humility, God hears our prayer and responds according […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona -Man changes at every moment
Abba Isaac, the hesychast* philosopher, says, “Man changes at every moment.” Indeed, the dispositions of both the soul and body do not stop changing at any moment, sometimes bringing about […]
My yoke is easy and my burden is light
And in order not to be timid and low-spirited, always remember that where the sorrows of the world are, this is where there is the heavenly consolation of […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona.Τhe one needful thing
We have so much material offered by the devil, the world, and our carelessness to talk about idly, so many events and stories that are taking place and […]
Spiritual messages
Do not be disturbed If you have succumbed to any sin or weakness, do not be disturbed, do not add another wound to the wound. Take with courage […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona about Prayer
May your entire soul cleave with love to the meaning of the prayer, so that your nous, your inner voice, and your will—these three components of your soul—become […]
What holds the world together?
The world is held together with praying. And when prayer gets weakened, then the world is lost. St. Silouan the Athonite Endure them without complaining Our illnesses […]
The sense of God’s presence through the prayer
The point is not simply to say words of prayer. The point is for the whole man to be a prayer before God. The moment […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. About the repentance
To fall and be injured is human, since —even if a man’s life lasted for only one day— his mind is inclined to evil from his youth. […]