Someone who is mournful by nature and has sor row and melancholy in his heart, can turn all this, little by little, into spiritual mourning. When you sink into […]
Category: Spiritual art in everyday life
The Holy Bible
The first governor of Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias, visited once a school. He talked to the children, and finally wanted to see the teacher’s library. The teacher had […]
What is the truth repentance
Man usually repents because of a big sorrow, or under extreme pressure. But such repentance isn’t pleasing to God. It’s not the kind of repentance which will cost your […]
God has always kept us in His mind
Entering the new year, let us look into ourselves, let us examine whether we truly belong to the Church and whether we are active and healthy members of the […]
Begining of the indiction
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 […]
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. […]