Examples of Struggle in the World
“I myself see remarkable ‘podvizhniks’ , simple laypeople, who teach and save me by humbling me, and showing me how it is possible to live in our time in...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Guarding the Conscience
“We must guard our conscience on three points—with respect to God, with respect to our neighbor, and with respect to things. One guards his conscience with respect to God...
Elder St. Paisios on God’s Action in our Lives
“Christ from high above sees how each one of us acts, and knows how and when to act for our benefit. He knows how and where to guide us,...
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi+ on Grace and Repentance
“”Christ is the living truth. “I am the way, and the truth and the life” (John 14, 6). Therefore, He is life without beginning, unlimited , unbound, co-eternal with...
St Nikolai Velimirovich on Heretics
“But the heretics, just like the heathens, do not work with the standard of man-the-god but with man-the-worm. And they reason like this – what is impossible for one...
Elder St Paisios on Divine Providence
“We must examine ourselves to see if we are at fault. If we are not at fault, the obstacle is most likely from God for our benefit. For this...
Elder St. Porphyrios on our Freedom
“The explanation which our faith gives is as follows: evil exists and comes from the devil. Within us we have both the evil spirit and the good spirit and...
Elder St. Paisios on Venerating Icons
“The devout person will especially venerate the holy Icons. And when we say, “He will venerate the holy Icons” we mean he venerates the person depicted on the Icon....
Elder Joseph the Hesychast on the Hard Struggle
“We are not battling with a man, whom you can kill in many ways, but with the powers and rulers of darkness. They are not fought with sweets and...
Father Seraphim Rose+ on the ‘End’
“We should not be counting the years or calculating who is the “King of the South,” the “King of the North,” and so on, but going more deeply. All...