Month: August 2018
31 posts
The reward of humbleness
Archimandrite Ephrem Philotheos There was once a pious hermit who lived an ascetic life in the desert. One…
About the quality of the spiritual thoughts and dispositions (IV)
Priesthood is given as a manifestation of God`s love for mankind, said hieromonk Athanasios of Iveria. God loves…
About the quality of the spiritual thoughts and dispositions (III)
*** The elders from the Holy Mountain say: Salvation is not given by the place but by the…
About the quality of the spiritual thoughts and dispositions (II)
The renowned hesychast and spiritual father, elder Gregory lived at Saint Anna’s skete before father Sava. He lived…
About the virtue of spiritual thoughts and dispositions (I)
*** An elder said: `The spiritual life of a monk begins when he detaches himself of all the…
God’s boundless love for us
To speak about love means to speak about God and this thing has no limits, God being endless.…
About the salvation of the pagans and of the unbaptized babies
Nobody saves his soul without Christ ! But answer: what significance has this for God, Who crucified Himself for…
You don’t have anything more in common with him? Do you divorce?
If there is no reason acknowledged by the Church for divorce, only a spiritual mismatch (for example if…
Forgive me!
A young doctor was sitting at his desk clenching his fists hardly. He was nervous. He had begun…
Everything comes through the mouth of the confessor comes from God
Our thoughts come many times as an avalanche. They captivate us completely, we imagine scenarios, hypothetical situations, we…