Elder St. Paisios on Having Simplicity
“If a person who has actual simplicity says or does something, no matter how peculiar, other people will not be disturbed by it, because the simple person has the...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Fighting Self-love
“Our disposition to love God also contains within it a certain pain. When we wish to live spiritually we suffer pain because we need to sever every bond that...
St. John of San Francisco on the ‘Little Things’
“A man often thinks that the Creator demands great things of him, that the Gospel insists on complete self-sacrifice, the abolition of one’s personhood, etc., as a condition of...
Elder St. Paisios on Self Control
“…naturally acquire a steadfast and good spiritual state so that when the passion of anger comes, it will find the place of your heart occupied by love and not...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on the Fear of Death
“Death is inherently cold—“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death,” said our Jesus. Yes, death is cold by nature. But unfortunately, most of the fear comes from the...
Elder St Paisios on the Lack of Love.
The holy monastic fathers of old walked the path of salvation effortlessly, because they sacrificed everything so that they would not fall away from love. Love was their goal...
Elder Anthimos+ on Mankind Part 2
“The animals have senses. Man also has senses which the animals have, but he also has an intellect. The most royal sense of man is sight, which sees everything...
Hieroschemamonk Stefan Nusescu on Being a Christian All the Time
“The mentality of today’s Christians is completely distorted. We’re called Christians when we are followers of Christ. That means we should do what Christ did, doesn’t it? Any disciple...
St. Silouan the Athonite on Pride
“Pride does not allow the soul to set out on the path of faith. Here is my advice to the unbeliever: let him say, “Lord, if you exist, then...
Elder St Paisios on Anger
“The goal is to anticipate it and not come to the point of anger. Even when you’re warming milk, if you don’t remove it from the heat on time,...