Fr Seraphim Rose+ on Lessons from the Past…
By reading and getting a historical perspective, we see that in past ages this was not considered enough, even by ordinary laymen. They were constantly doing things out of...
Bishop Irenei on Fear Ruling the World…
This world has shown, in these past few months, what really governs it — and it is not wisdom or compassion, or science, or truth. It is fear. For...
Reminder of Orthodox Traditions for the Departed
In Orthodoxy there is a pious custom of commemorating reposed ancestors and all departed Orthodox Christians, so that the living can honor the memory and pray for the salvation...
Elder Joseph+ of Vatopaidi on Reaching the Prayer of the Heart…
Thereafter, we enter the realm of the new creation and restored nature, where the air and the climate, according to our blessed elder, are different. The proprietors of this...
Elder Anthimos+ on Honoring the Saints
We celebrate the memory of our Saints every year in order to receive strength, to renew ourselves in soul and to follow their example, to the degree that it...
Elder St Paisios on Repentance and Age
In fact, when one grows old, he is given the opportunity to repent more readily because illusions are gone. While he still had his physical strength and his youth,...
Elder St Paisios on Humility…
I remember, when I was still a layman, there was a man in Konitsa who, right after the Resurrection service, would say out loud for everyone to them “I...
Elder Ephraim+ on Lent…
We should not postpone correcting ourselves, lest death finds us. Then we shall weep and lament inconsolably—and I, first of all—without a single ray of hope that the tribulations...
Elder Amilianos+ on Deeper Prayer…
What is important is that we bring forth prayer from out of the depths. The one who strives to pray will understand these things and distinguish between them: he...
Elder St Paisios Words on a Successful Lent…
These quotes are taken from parts of the ‘Spiriual Counsels’ series of Elder St Paisos which are available in the monastery bookstore and are presented to help you start...