People today are so obsessed with themselves, so mastered by their completely sinful state –a state in which sin and sickness are all mixed up together– and in which […]
Category: Spiritual Life
Watchfullness
Watch out for your thoughts that they do not travel here and there, but glue them tightly on the name of Christ. Fr. Efraim Filotheitis Translated by […]
The virtues are in the middle
The cardinal virtues are four: courage, prudence, discreetness, and fairness. There are eight other moral states that either go beyond or fall short of these virtues. Spiritual people consider […]
Victims of our own mentality?
Ηe, who suppose to be a Christian, even if he doesn’t become a true Christian, he will be driven heather and yon by his own “keel”. In any […]
Before the Nativity
(Mat. 1: 1-25) The biggest evil and the biggest of all goods It so happens that even a lot of christians have not realised that all […]
Regarding Prayer
A young man asked an Elder in the Holy Mountain: “Elder, how I can obtain the unceasing prayer? How I can obtain the prayer of the heart?” The […]
With all our strength we serve selfishness
Man has many powers within himself and with them he serves selfishness. When he serves it, it arises, and all the powers of [his soul] are […]
Be like a tire!
“We have to live with sincerity and without hypocrisy, self-righteousness, and pharisaism. The course of our life should resemble the course of a tire of a car. In a […]
Preparation is important for praying
“If while praying we don’t feel comfort, something is clearly going on: we must repent and correct it. Some people say that this happens because of the devil’s […]
Silence should be kept secretly and in your heart
“Silence should be kept secretly and in your heart. Make sure that is not obvious to others that you maintain silence. As soon as you have said two or […]