Elder St Paisios on Intercession
“Let’s say he learns of an accident and sighs, and, inthat moment, God gives him divine consolation for his compassionate sigh. He sees someone who is hurting, and immediately...
St Tikhon of Moscow on Personal Outreach
“We must share our spiritual richness, truth, light, and joy with others who do not have these blessings. And this duty does not only lay upon the pastors and...
Elder St Porphyrios on Wisdom in Giving Penance
“The confessor has the power to bind and to loose. I remembered one of Saint Basil’s Rules, and I took that as my basic guideline and changed my tactics...
Elder Sophrony on Individualized Asceticism
“…you will arrange their [modern novices] asceticism according to their capabilities, in particular the study of the past so that they can be freed of their secular ideas, and...
St. Seraphim of Sarov on Keeping God in Mind
“If a man has no worries about himself at all for the sake of love toward God and the working of good deeds, knowing that God is taking care...
Fr. Vasileos on Giving Thanks
“My dear friends, our Lord Jesus Christ is the only person on earth and in heaven who is sufficiently thankful to God, His Father. We on our own can...
Elder St. Joseph the Hesychast on Illness and Trials
“The works of Satan are nothing next to the power of God. So when the Lord tests us as He knows best, we should show our patience and thankfulness. Now...
Elder Sophrony on Knowing God
“But the only study that enables us to sense what God is like, is the ascetic life according to the commandments of the Gospel. When our life is lived...
Archimandrite Zacharias of Essex on Responding to God
“But given the fact that God always wants to give us all that He has, it is up to us to respond to His wish, to His desire, and,...
St John on Seeing God in our Lives
“We certainly do discover God by admiring his incomprehensible essence, which still lies hidden in the hope of the promise. But we also see him through the greatness of...