Elder St. Porphyrios on Turning to Christ
“The soul of the Christian needs to be refined and sensitive, to have sensibility and wings, to be constantly in flight and to live in dreams, to fly through...
Fr Seraphim Rose
“If you wish to be an Orthodox Christian you must begin now, from this very day and hour and minute, to love God and your fellow men. _is means:...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Consistent Prayer
“Be careful, because if you are lazy and inattentive in prayer, you shall not make any progress either in your pursuit of devotion towards the Lord, or in the...
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi+ on Distractions in the Jesus Prayer
In his way we fortify our determination, we receive some courage and continue on our way. Doesn’t the mind stay on the prayer? Is it confused and stressed by...
Elder St Paisios on Correct Focus
“Do you know the difference between people who live worldly lives and those who live spiritually? Those who lollow the world try hard to keep their yards clean but...
Elder St. Paisios on Facing Adversity in Life
“People who have been buffeted by rough winds, either because God allowed it in order to rein them in, or because of the devil’s envy, are in need of...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Passionate Love of God
“In the Song of Songs the bride says of Christ the Bridegroom,’ I sleep but my heart awakes. The voice of my beloved knocks at the door.’ The bride...
St. Nikolai Velimirovich on Seeing Our Real Selves
“Others have told you that you have an ugly passion, but you did not believe it. Why didn’t you? Do you now know that the ugliness of our face...
Elder St. Paisios on Obtaining a Spiritual Crown
“For the athlete to be crowned with victory takes patience, philotimo and spiritual bravery. Bravery stems from a heart filled with philotimo; and when one does something with his...
Elder St Paisios on the Preeminent Virtues
“love and humility. As soon as these two virtues are nurtured, pride and evil will become malnourished and the passions will start to perish. In this way, one by...