Elder St Paisios on Egoism
“Look, there are some people who have some egoism and God gives them a slap so that they will lower themselves a little. Others have a little more egoism...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Silent Prayer
“I repeated the prayer,‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, and new , horizons would open up. Tears of joy and gladness would flow from my yt eyes on...
Elder Joseph the Hesychast on Grace
“So whatever good thing a person thinks, it is due to the grace And now, if you exert yourself in the prayer and pray continuously, if you read lives...
Metropolitan Ephrem Kyriakos on the ‘Civilization of the Flesh’
“The world today, and especially the West, is more and more inclined toward secular, worldly life. This means that in its life it departs from the scope of God...
Elder St Epiphanios on the Proofs of Christ’s Divinity
“Has anyone ever dared to proclaim his absolute sinlessness? Has anyone ever dared to utter the words: “I am the truth”? (John, 14: 6) No-one, and nowhere! Only a God can...
Archpriest Victor Potapov on Anger
“Suppressed anger” is but a first step, the stage at which we are learning not to allow our anger to come to the surface. This must be followed by...
Elder Ephraim on the Virtue of Obedience to a Spiritual Guide
“The perfect disciple does not have to give an account when he passes through the toll-houses! He does not fear death, nor the demons, nor God, for he worships...
Elder St. Paisios on Shutting out the World’s Noise
“A person must attain a kind of divine absence of mind in order to experience inner tranquillity and not be distracted by outside noises while praying. One can actually...
St. Nikolai Velimirovich on God’s Eternal Presence
“God’s own life is dramatic internally, and externally (in relation to the world). That is the real meaning of the dogma of the Trinity. God is somehow one, and...
Elder St. Porphyrios on True Humility
“The humble person believes that all things depend on Christ and that Christ gives His grace and in that way he makes progress. The person who possesses holy humility...