Fr. Philip LeMasters on Cultivating Faith…
Our faith and trust must be in the God with Whom “we have peace… through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Because He has entered fully into death itself, risen from...
Simeon Archbishop of Thessalonica+ on the Jesus Prayer Continued…
“The clergy must be diligent in this prayer as though it were apostolic work and divine preaching, as the one activity which brings about divine effects – one which...
Simeon Archbishop of Thessalonica+ on the Jesus Prayer
“Let every pious man continually repeat this Name as a prayer in his mind and with his tongue. Let him always constrain himself to do this while standing, travelling,...
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...