Metropolitan Silouan on Holiness
Part 2… That you work so as to assume part of the responsibility for the site of the service or commitment that you have taken upon yourself or that...
St. Nikolai Velimirovich on the Body and Soul’s Relationship
“The Lord knows the value of human bodies. He has said through His prophets, apostles and hymnographers what the body is – vanishing smoke, withering grass, fading flower, dust...
Elder St Paisios on Help from the Devil
“Nowadays, even if spiritual people do not want to be bonded together, they will be forced to do so by the devil. Through his abundant evil, the devil actually...
Metropolitan Silouan on Holiness
“The believer’s holiness is the fruit, expression and reflection of the incarnation of the Son of God. He became like us so that we may become like Him. Taking...
Fr. Michael on Personal Prayer
“The problem for most of us who live in the urban environment is that we have no way of daily escaping into the natural world which was the spiritual...
Elder Anthimos+ on True Repentance
“Today young people have an egotistical outlook. They do not easily agree to submit to the Church. Every youth has his own understanding. All of them are unsubmissive and...
Fr. George Maximov on Apostasy and Christian Struggle
“Christianity is not simply the acceptance of some abstract God and a set of popular moral prescriptions. Christians believe in Jesus Christ—God Who became Man, Who does not simply...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Trials
“If God did not consider us His children, He would not have sent us trials but would have abandoned us as we are: spiritually uneducated, without any solicitude. In...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Effectively Fighting Satan
“Satan contrives machinations of deception. Without our being aware of it, the evil one sets snares. With eager longing for Christ, the power of the soul escapes from the...
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi on Charimas
“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5, 22) and “no longer live for themselves but for him who...