Month: November 2016
30 posts
The shut window
Once a desperate man who was wandering over the hills which surrounded his native town met a shepherd…
The Mystery of the Holy Trinity
A simple man was traveling on a country road accompanied by a priest. While talking about various issues,…
Art as monument of the separation of man from God (II)
Archimandrite Savatie Bastovoi When God was removed from the spiritual universe of man it occurred a natural disaster…
Even if he hanged himself…
A monk went to ask a abbot: There are two monks. One of them stay in his cell…
We should exercise our mind to guard it of ignorance
By pious Nicodemus the Athonite For this is required practice, which is the third thing that should be…
Water teaches us the right way of life
A saint from the Holy Mountain was asked by his disciples: “You’ve been standing for so long on…
God forgive me when I complain!
Today I saw in the bus a beautiful girl with golden hair. I envied her. She seemed so…
Christ and the Holy Mother of God don’t punish, they love…
We often hear someone saying:” I did this bad thing and the Holy Mother of God punished me.”…
Art as monument of the separation of man from God (I)
Archimandrite Savatie Bastovoi Art is what man understood from his separation of God. It is the drama of…
Appointment with death
An old Arabic tale tells us the sad story of the janissary of the sultan from Baghdad. One…