Would you like to make a new start? Start with repentance. Many “good” Christians have a hard time fighting this or the other spiritual battle, yet, the real issue […]
Category: Spiritual art in everyday life
The kind of attitude the Lord has been expecting from you
If we truly believe in our God, why remain poor? Why not decide at last to seek for the goods that are given by God? Why don’t we seek […]
The power of the prayer
We read in the ascetic texts: “Whatever work you do, you have to do it in such a way as if you were never going to die, and at […]
Αbout repentance and fasting
Fasting is always connected with ascesis and spir- itual mourning, which is repentance, contrition, de- voutness, and humility. When such is the life of man, a life of […]
When somenone humbles himself
When man humbles himself and becomes fully aware of his weakness, then God intervenes. The same goes for us here, too. When we are totally left on our […]
You will find Him!
It is noteworthy that although the honorable skull of John the Forerunner is in the possession of an Arian archimandrite, it nonetheless works wonders. It is not prevented. […]
We’ re hoping for the grace of God
Commonly, man takes a posture such that his passions are protected, his weaknesses, his specific sins: as if he has a friendship with all of them, as if he […]
The most important thing is for you to humble yourself
Even when one who is dedicated to God appears to have an inclination to pray, to display love towards Christ, to surrender entirely to God from the depth […]
The joy of God
Everybody looks for joy. That is what man seeks, whatever he is doing. Why? Because that is how man is built, to rejoice. And he is made to […]
What is Gods will?
Every now and then, some people ask: “But what is God’s will? I don’t know the will of God.” What don’t you know? You don’t know, for example, that […]