Month: October 2017
31 posts
About temptations
Saint Nektarios of Pentapolis Temptations are allowed for showing the hidden passions and for fighting them to heal…
Whoever chooses ascetic endeavour must put on the monachal robe only after he learns virtue enough and when the useful and soul saving monachal schema is honored
From the life of saint Ioannikios Blessed Ioannikios had been spending twelve years in the desert when he…
Even if we repent, the signs of the sin remain in our soul
Someone said that `Neither the healed ones are forgotten nor the forgotten ones are healed` Everything works within…
Love of money is a disease
An arab wise man before dying made his will where he wrote the following: I locked all my…
How to save my soul?
`Father, what am I to do to save my soul?` `Don’t seek your salvation!` `How not to seek…
Our heart – the real cave from Bethlehem
Elder Paisios was asked once: `When I went to the university, abba, I could see my progress in…
Mental sins
Saint Nikolai Velimirovici, You ask me if the mental sins are dangerous. As a monk you know it…
The Symbol of Faith or the Creed
What is the Symbol of Faith or the Creed? The Symbol of Faith or the Creed is the…
Everything you do, you get it back
One day a man saw an old woman who was on the side of the road but even…
The diligent, the lazy and the temptations
One morning a boy went to his grandfather and asked him : `Grandpa, you’re always saying that we must…