Continued from (14) 11. The move to New Skete ‘Arsenios,’ said the Elder one day in June 1951, ‘it looks...
Continued from (13) The Elder very often stressed the importance of vigil as the most practical method in the spiritual...
Continued from (12) Perhaps I am now making myself incomprehensible or exaggerating, in the view of those who do not...
The deeper sorrow carves our hearts, the more space love can fill. Often we see pain and trials at face...
Continued from (11) 10. From St Basil to Little St Anna ‘The solitaries lead a blessed life, for divine love...
Continued from (10) Although they stayed in their hut more than before, they did go out from time to...
Continued from (9) 9. Various Trials and Manifest Aid from our Lady the Mother of God The Apostle Paul informs...
Continued from (8) 8. The Trials grow more Intense Any extra aid from grace, when it comes legitimately to those...
Continued from (7) 7. The Discovery of the Hesychast Elder Daniel as Spiritual Father From the very beginning of his...
by Ecaterini I am a convert to Orthodoxy and live in regional Australia. I came to my local Greek Orthodox...
Continued from (6) 6. The Nature and Forms of Trials Trials or temptations (peirasmoi) have been so named because they...
5. The Time of Bitter Struggles Continued from (5) Such were the patterns of their outward movements, but the...
Στη Σιέρρα Λεόνε εδώ και ένα χρόνο άρχισε ιεραποστολική προσπάθεια με τις ευλογίες του Μακαριωτάτου Πάπα και Πατριάρχου μας κ....
Κατά τον όντως φιλόθεο και φιλάγιο βιογράφο άγιο Φιλόθεο τον Κόκκινο, του αγίου Γερμανού πατρίδα ήταν «η περιφανής Μακεδόνων μητρόπολις,...
Πρόκειται για εναν από τους επιφανέστερους και πολυγραφότερους αρχιερείς της Εκκλησίας μας κι εναν από τους μεγαλύτερους οικουμενικούς πατριάρχες. Ο...
One morning, the holy Elder («Geron») Epiphanios Theodoropoulos (1930-1989) was in a conversation with 2-3 visitors at his home. One of...
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Death is the touchstone of our attitude to life. People who are afraid of death are...
VatopaidiFriend: «The Dream of the Rood (=Cross)» is a wonderful Old English poem written in the 8th century (before the...
A beautiful, inspiring, and deeply comforting short homily by St Ephraim the Syrian: Not to sin is truly blessed; but...
With the development of monasticism in the Church there appeared a peculiar way of life, which however did not proclaim...
