When I was younger in the world, I had seen a movie that stuck in my memory, and this movie helped me at the beginning of my life as […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
First of all is prayer
The saddest thing of all is that the vain wisdom of this world expects that divine matters are measured with human metrics and standards. Many people think wrongly about […]
Don’t be angered by any words they say to you
Don’t be angered by any words. Just do whatever you can to not provoke them. If, however, you do not manage to prevent them, ignore them. As I told […]
They are all for you
Happiness is when you rejoice and praise the Lord for what you have, remaining content and staying away from complaints, sadness, and distress over what you dream you should […]
This dead man is not like others
Death was terrorized seeing a dead Man, who did not look at all like the other dead, that had descended into Hades. This Man was not bound by the […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona :The kingdom of heaven belongs to those who force themselves.
Let us not lose our time in vain. The kingdom of heaven belongs to those who force themselves. 1 Bear in mind the departure of our souls, the final […]
Living in the world
Some people who were living carelessly in the world, have asked me: “We have spouses and families and we are surrounded with social and earthly cares. Then how we follow […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona : Silence
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 will […]
Let Christ dwell in our soul
Let Christ dwell in our soul When the soul is troubled, our logic gets blurry and we cannot see clearly. Only when the soul is calm, the logic gets […]
A visit by Father Fotis
One time late in the day, the hieromonk Father Fotis visited a house in our town Mytilene of the island of Lesbos, and he stayed there over night. Before […]