Elder St. Paisios on Circumstances
Elder Paisios “There are people who commit great crimes, but who have extenuating circumstances. Who can know how these people stand in the eyes of God? If God had...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Doing All with Love
“Sin makes a person exceedingly psychologically confused. And nothing makes the confusion go away — nothing except the light of Christ. Christ makes the first move: ‘Come unto me...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on a Good Conscience
“How many times has our conscience reproved us! The more a person listens to his conscience, and the more he attends to it, the more precisely it guides him....
Elder St. Paisios on Giving
“The more goods people acquire today, the more problems they have. They neither thank God for His benefactions, nor do they take notice of the misfortunes suffered by their...
Elder St Paisios on Seeing our True Selves
“There are people who commit great crimes, but who have extenuating circumstances. Who can know how these people stand in the eyes of God? If God had not helped...
Elder St. Porphyrios on ‘Forced’ Spirituality…
“…the snares of Satan are many for those who worship God. Temptation manages very successfully to ensure that we pay no attention to the worship. We go to church...
Elder St. Paisios on Self-Knowledge
“Many people take no account of their own gifts; they see only the gifts of others and are overcome by envy. They view themselves as having been wronged, as...
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi+ on True Freedom
“How many of us view the commandments as oppression against our freedom and blame God for making demands on us? Where are now these demands? He who controls himself...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Nurturing the Faith
“Why I want you to devote yourselves more to the study of the Old and New Testament and to the hymns and poetic canons. Read the Church Fathers with...
Elder St. Paisios on Wordly Emptiness
“When one does not believe in the other life, he seeks to know this world, to enjoy in this life one thing and then another and another … but...