Hieromonk Paisy on Facing Trials Victoriously…
Our disfigured world hurts us from time to time. But we should always rise from our knees, crawl and get up with all our might. The spirit must be...
Elder St Porphyrios on Attaining Natural Holiness…
Your most intense effort should be how you will encounter Christ, how you will be united to Him and how you will keep Him in your heart. Forget about...
Fr Alexey Young on Developing a Christian Conscience (Part 1)…
We are to have much love for our Saviour, with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength. We are not to divide our love between God and the world. For...
The Arma Christi
A centuries old devotion practiced throughout the middle ages and beyond was the meditation on the Arma Christi, or the weapons of Christ—things associated with the Passion and Death...
Metropolitan Joseph of Priokonessos on Pascha….
Shortly before midnight on Holy Saturday, church bells invite the faithful to take part in the flood of light and joy of the Resurrection of Christ from the dead....
Elder St Paisios True Repentance…
God gave man a mind so that he can become aware of his fault, repent and ask for forgiveness. Unrepentance is a cruel thing. The unrepentant person is very...
Elder St Porphyrios on the Bloodless Struggle…
Don’t struggle directly with temptation, don’t pray for it to go away, don’t say, ‘Take it from me, 0 God!’ Then you are acknowledging the strength of the temptation...
Abbess Michaela on Stillness…
Hearing that still small voice of the yet unincarnate Word—manifested in such quiet humility— caused the holy Prophet to be completely beside himself, and he wrapped his face in...
Mother Alexandra+ on Our Choices…
God gave us freedom and He gave us freedom of choice. If we didn’t have freedom of choice, we would be robots. And therefore we have the power to...
Elder St Porphrios on the Easy Path to Sanctity…
We can attain to the worship of God easily and blood- lessly. There are two paths that lead to God: the hard and debilitating path with fierce assaults against...