Month: October 2020
17 posts
The disciple must willingly accept everything comes from his elder as useful even if they bring sadness or pain, cause in accordance with his strife and troubles God grants him His mercy part.3
From Patericon Abba Arsenios said once to abba Alexander: After you cut your rods come and eat with…
About the quality of the spiritual thoughts and dispositions (I)
The renowned hesychast and spiritual father, elder Gregory lived at Saint Anna’s skete before father Sava. He lived…
Overcome evil with good, let yourself be wronged but do not do any wrong to anyone
There will come a time when a great storm will burst. They will insult us, they will slander…
We have to draw away of those who harm us even if they are friends with us or if we needed them badly
1. From Patericon Abba Agathon said: `If I love someone very dearly but I realize that he makes…
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…
The reward of humbleness
Archimandrite Ephrem Philotheos There was once a pious hermit who lived an ascetic life in the desert. One…
The power of love
They say that the power of love is a special, supernatural force beyond the human understanding which should…