Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi on the Need for Temptations
“That is the reason why the phase of the various temptations exists. Our corrupted image has distorted the faculties of our intellect. Therefore the decrees “be holy for I...
Elder St Paisios on Accepting Injustice
“When we are wronged and we accept this injustice, then in fact we gain. For example, am I wrongfully accused of having committed a crime and imprisoned unjustly? That’s...
St Tikhon of Moscow on Seeing Our Sin
“Unfortunately, brethren, we do not like to acknowledge our transgressions. It would seem natural and easy for a person to know his own self, his own soul and his...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Remembering Death
“When the remembrance of death is diligently meditated upon, it provides great strength in the beginning when one ineffective then, for every mouth shall be silenced with no excuse....
St. Nikolai on Christ’s Resurrection
“He is the Light of truth, because He revealed in Himself the truth of the true nature of God and the true nature of man, the relationship of man...
Elder St Paisios on the Need for Discipline
“Today’s youth are like a calf that is tied to a stake in a meadow that constantly kicks and yanks on the rope, pulls out the stake, runs off,...
St. Nikolai Velimirovich on Bearing Each Other’s Burdens
“Between saintliness and vice there is a bridge, not an abyss. The saintliest and the meanest men have still common ground for brotherhood. Your sins are my sins, my...
Making Our Visit to Church ‘Real’
… “So much that is put in front of us is so rich, and yet we don’t slow down our hearts enough and our minds enough to take delight in...
Elder St Paisios on Consolation
“God looks closely at the tribulations of His children and gives them consolation as a good Father. After all, do you think that God wants to see His children...
The Correct Attitude Towards our Sin
“It has been said of the 16th Century Western European religious climate, that the prevailing attitude was a conviction that man is so sinful that it would be nearly...