We were born and came to the world with a destination and a purpose: To become Saints. Therefore, wherever we are, whatever we are doing, we must exercise and work […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
The Ladder of the Divine Ascent
A man called his Spiritual Father with all kind of questions regarding his job. The man had a big research center that he was running and […]
The Jesus prayer is the way to unit us with God
I told him that the soul could be freed from sinful thoughts only by our willingness to guard the mind and clean the heart, and this could be […]
The human soul
My brothers, you must recognize that: There is something bigger than the land. And that’s the sea. There is something bigger than the sea. And that’s the sky. And there […]
The Cross is a way of life
It is the way of life The Cross is not only the “symbol” or “sign” of Christ, but it is also way of life for the Christians or rather […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona. The illness and the will of God
Ignorance, my child, is known as the soul’s death. Ignorance does not enlighten a sick person; it does not say to him: “Your illness is the will of God, […]
The Immediate natural and physical fruits of the Jesus Prayer
When the bitter cold pierces me, I start saying the Jesus Prayer and a sweet warmth spreads in my entire body. When hunger begins to overcome me, the […]
Don’t be Afraid
Don’t be Afraid I remember once I told Saint Porphyrios: “I’m afraid of what is to come, the ugly times.” He looked at me puzzled and giving me a swift […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona: The gate of the kingdom of heaven
When they accuse us, when they slander us, when they tease us, when they humiliate us, when they wrong us, we must forgive. According to the heart, […]
But one thing is needed
He who hates with his heart his sins and enlightened by the Grace of the Holy Spirit desires now to serve our common King, the first thing he […]