Elder Joseph the Hesychast
“The icon must depict externals, but also interior life, holiness, and proximity to Heaven. The principal means for accomplishing this is in the face, the facial expression and its...
Elder Amphilochios+ on Facing Trials
“Whoever plants a tree, plants hope, peace, and love and has the blessings of God…I am like the old tree in whose shade the meek sheep of Christ gather...
Elder St. Porphyrios on the Need for Vigilance
“Be mindful always of God. That is how our mind will acquire agility. Agility of mind comes from vigilance. Vigilance is passionate love for God. It is always having...
Elder St Paisios on Avoiding a Purposeless Life
“If all someone does is eat, drink and sleep, he will start falling apart; he’ll feel sleepy all the time because his body and his mind slacken. He’ll eventually...
Elder Joseph+ of Vatopaidi on Our Path to Christ
As Paul says the Christians have inherited an abundance of grace, more than what has been given to the prophets and those who lived before the law and during...
Elder St Paisios on the Joy of Work
“ Work is a blessing, a gift from God. Work gives vigor to the body and refreshes the mind. If God had not given us work, man would have...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Battling Demons
“They want to make you despair or lose heart. Therefore, arm yourself with I rust and hope in God and with the conviction that they are not allowed to...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Receiving the Light of Grace
“To those who are distrustful, who doubt and dispute and use only the faculty of reason and are not open to God, God does not show Himself. God does...
Elder Joseph the Hesychast on Approaching Death
“Death, which is awesome and dreadful for most people, is a repose for me, something sweet that will relieve me from the afflictions of the world as soon as...
Archimandrite Touma Bitar on the Basis of Faith
“Why do you think that the upright person who loves the true and loves the good is ready to accept faith in God? Because uprightness, truth and goodness are...