Elder Anthimos+ on Correct Prayer…
“Prayer,” the Elder used to say, “means communication directly with God. The Psalmist says: ‘I will pour out my petition before Him, I will declare my affliction before Him'(Ps....
Elder St Paisios on Pure Love…
In order for a sacrifice to be directed towards God, it must be free of human elements, self-love, pride and so forth. When one sacrifices himself humbly, it means...
St. Seraphim Vyritsky on God’s Perspective Towards Us
I see you go to church. I do not care what you do there, although I think you will pray. I do not care one bit about whether...
Elder Ephraim+ of Arizona on the Unexpected…
May the all-compassionate God be merciful to my wretched soul, which has nothing but its indifference and unreadiness. My mind stops when it contemplates this absolute truth about salvation. ...
Fr Ted Bobosh on Blindness…
There are both different degrees of blindness as well as different kinds of blindness. There is physical blindness in which the eyes don’t work well or not at all....
Archbishop Nektarios on Why Some Aren’t Healed…
The Lord is often silent out of love. But the question arises: Why don’t miracles happen to everybody? How many sick people and their relatives entreat God and the...
Fr Vasilios on Helping Others…
Even with modern means of communication, the mobility of our society, the progress in scientific fields, there still are many who need help. So many people live only for...
Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos on the Ascension
On the fortieth day after his Resurrection, the Lord departed this world in the body and ascended into heaven, where he sits at the right hand of the Father....
Learning from the Pandemic
God is love. In His love He has allowed — not “sent” — this pandemic to us who are living in a very fallen world. In referring to problems...
Fr. George Calciu Writes on the Nearness of Angels
If you preserve at least a small part of your child-like purity, a small part of your innocence, you will always hear the voice of your angel, guiding you...