The humble man approaches the carnivorous beasts, and when their eyes fall upon him, their ferocity becomes tame, and they approach him as their master, and they move […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
The Grace of God Excludes No One
The Grace of God Excludes No One (An excerpt from Elder Ephraim of Arizona’s homily The Struggle of Great Lent) We have instances from Church history of many people “in […]
Spiritual messages
The answer to global warming Love positively changes the nature of things. St. John Chrysostom The maximum of patience If the maximum of laziness is to […]
Spiritual messages
It’s slowly becoming And what’s a word to say or a thought to think of? Yes, but one thought will bring another, and one thought will bring another, […]
Spiritual messages
The answer to global warming Love positively changes the nature of things. St. John Chrysostom The maximum of patience If the maximum of laziness is […]
It lifts us up
The voluntary acceptance of suffering as the Cross, as a gift of God's love for our spiritual perfection, raises us to the height of the holy martyrs. The […]
Great is the purpose
The purpose of our life, as we know, is our union with God. As the Bible says, man was created in the image and likeness of God, to be […]
It is an obstacle
When sorrow takes hold of a man ‘s soul, it does not allow him to pray with the same joy, nor to resort to the study of the Bible […]
The flag of Christ
Hold high the flag of Christ so that you will always have your Elder ‘;s phone number wherever you are. Saint Amphilochios Makris of the […]
Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
On the 12th of July, of 1994 elder Paisios of Mount Athos passed away. Elder Paisios (1924-1994) was one of the greatest and most revered elders of the Orthodox […]