The struggle with the passions begins from the struggle with the thoughts
Any passion is always stirred up, appears and grows first through thought. The struggle with the passions begins…
The Gospel of the day (Matthew 24, 3-35)
The signs of the end of times 3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came…
In this way we learnt to be content with our measures
Once father Joseph the young and me asked them to allow us to follow them in our fasting…
The joy is indispensable to an authentic Christian life
Call to joy. Leap out of spiritual joy, invitation to delight. This is the great invitation the Church…
The Gospel of the day (John 11, 1-45)
11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This…
God teach us how to pray
The first thing we must think about is : God, teach us how to pray (Luke 11, 1). Our…
Nobleness and discernment
Once he went to the church at the service of the Akathist. Unfortunately the priest of the parish…
The gain and the loss
When the gain is looked at closely it is seen as a gain. When it is looked at…
Why do you close your eyes?
The fathers said about an elder that sitting in his cell and striving for his salvation he saw…
The beauty of the mind
Priest Ioan Istrati A devastating text from the Poem of repentance of Saint Andrew of Crete says as…