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 […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
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. […]
Why does God allow sickness?
One of the reasons our God may not make a sick person well is so the person does not lose his reward in the afterlife. This is similar to […]
The Jesus prayer heals from the passion of dringing
At a factory in my village, there was a very good craftsman. He was also a kind and gentle human being. Unfortunately, he also drank and actually quite […]