Elder St Paisios on Battling Bad Habits…
First of all, man must realise that such a habit is harmful to him, and then he must be willing to struggle to break the habit. One must have...
Elder St Paisios on Instant Conversion…
he spiritual life does not require years. Within a second, one can find himself gone from hell into Paradise, if he repents. Man is changeable. He can become an...
Fr Alexey Young on Developing a Christian Conscience (Part 2)…
We should read the writings of the Holy Fathers of the Church and the Lives of the Saints. Blessed Theophan the Recluse explained this to one of his spiritual...
Hieromonk Paisy on Facing Trials Victoriously…
Our disfigured world hurts us from time to time. But we should always rise from our knees, crawl and get up with all our might. The spirit must be...
Elder St Porphyrios on Attaining Natural Holiness…
Your most intense effort should be how you will encounter Christ, how you will be united to Him and how you will keep Him in your heart. Forget about...
Fr Alexey Young on Developing a Christian Conscience (Part 1)…
We are to have much love for our Saviour, with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength. We are not to divide our love between God and the world. For...
The Arma Christi
A centuries old devotion practiced throughout the middle ages and beyond was the meditation on the Arma Christi, or the weapons of Christ—things associated with the Passion and Death...
Metropolitan Joseph of Priokonessos on Pascha….
Shortly before midnight on Holy Saturday, church bells invite the faithful to take part in the flood of light and joy of the Resurrection of Christ from the dead....
Elder St Paisios True Repentance…
God gave man a mind so that he can become aware of his fault, repent and ask for forgiveness. Unrepentance is a cruel thing. The unrepentant person is very...
Elder St Porphyrios on the Bloodless Struggle…
Don’t struggle directly with temptation, don’t pray for it to go away, don’t say, ‘Take it from me, 0 God!’ Then you are acknowledging the strength of the temptation...