Light and darkness in the soul Sometimes we are troubled and we are not sure why we feel down. Everything seems to be so heavy on our heart and soul. […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
Sayings by Abba Ammonas
Sayings by Abba Ammonas St Ammonas’ life is especially interesting and inspirational for us because of his victory over anger, a passion with which he struggled for many years. Abba […]
The difference between rependance and contrition
The difference between rependance and contrition “Thinking of my own sinfulness brings the need for contrition. We are not speaking yet about repentance, but about contrition. Repentance is a […]
Should or shouldn’t reveal my thoughts to another?
Should or shouldn’t reveal my thoughts to another? Some of us, today, often neglect the significance of the sacrament; Repentance and Confession. Often we feel that we can repent, […]
Advice for parents from elder Porfyrios
Advice for parents from elder Porfyrios Today we put before you the words of one of the most inspiring elders of our times. The late Elder Porphyrios was a […]
Wisdom from Elder Leonid of Optina
Wisdom from Elder Leonid of Optina Disciple: Is mental prayer granted to everyone? Elder Leonid: Whomever the Lord visits with grievous trial, with sorrow or with the deprivation of […]
Tips from the Monastery: Keeping an Icon under your Pillow
Tips from the Monastery: Keeping an Icon under your Pillow I bought a new pillow the other day, three days ago to be exact. I was excited because I […]
Holy sayings
ON MENTORSHIP The mentor who recedes to a mentee that speaks back at him improperly, he allows his mentee to wonder on this topic and prepares him to violate […]
Training obedience
Abba Agathon loved very much Abba Alexander, because he was very ascetic, humble, extremely gentle and of mild nature. One day all his disciples where working next to the river […]
Holy sayings
LISTENING When someone has a problem, you must listen to him carefully. The entire time that he is talking do not show him that you got tired, because […]