Struggle, my child, so that your soul may bear fruit, for the position that each person will receive beside the Lord Jesus corresponds to how much he has labored. […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
Elder Efraim of Arizona. How your soul’s accounts are doing?
Every night, review how you passed the day, and in the morning review how the night passed, so that you know how your soul’s accounts are doing. If you […]
Do you want to see a miracle?
An older monk once told us. Many university students come here to Mount Athos. Once a dozen had come and asked me to perform a miracle for them. […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. Humility
May true and genuine humble-mindedness increase in your soul, through which the fruit of the soul is preserved. Satan tries to make those who struggle forget their goal. He […]
All of us have a Cross
All people have a cross to carry. There is no man in this world without a cross. Those who met Christ from the time of their childhood have […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. Judgment and Condemnation of Others
Love one another, and do not be embittered out of egotism. Humility is a sure guide; it does not let the one who possesses it hit the […]
Holy sayings
Paradise from this life The complete surrender of our life to God is a redemption from the insecurity that is brought to us by believing in our ego. This […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. On Passions
Struggle, my child, for God’s road is narrow and thorny; not inherently, but because of our passions. Since we want to eradicate from our heart the passions, which are […]
Holy sayings from St. Joseph the Hesychast
The reason for the postponement Christ wants to heal some hidden passion in you and that is why he postpones to satisfy what you ask for. […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. On Carnal Warfare
You wrote to me, my child, about your carnal warfare. Be patient—with the grace of God everything will pass. Nothing will be left of it, as long as you […]