Month: August 2017
31 posts
The pigeon
One day when it was allowed to get out for fresh air, in the cold cage, while walking…
Thirst for God
A student complained one day to his teacher that he didn’t encounter God. The teacher answered: `If you…
The straightening of the blasphemer
A man who was a mime and was named Gaianos blasphemed the Most Holy Theotokos in the theatre…
Love Christ’s Cross
What to do – I asked the starets among others – to love Christ? I thought he would…
What it was, it was, what it is, it is. What will be, will be.
It’s raining with paltry words, small talk…The people are not affected by what is happening to them but…
The worldly spirit is a disease
Today the main thing is not to shape ourselves after this worldly spirit. It is martyrdom. We should…
The mystery of love
Love begins when there’s a man in front of me and I see his depths, his essence. Of…
Why does God let the devil war us?
Saint Maximus the Confessor enumerates five reasons why God lets the devil war the people: The first reason…
Words and stories of elder Paisios (ΧVII)
What we need are enlightment and spiritual experiences. * The main thing is that someone should become correct…
The worldly spirit in spiritual life
`Father, you say very often : that man sees with an European lens and not with an Eastern spirit.…