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...
I. Who follows Jesus shall not walk Read the Gospel In darksome road with danger rife; But in his heart...
Continued from (9) 9. Various Trials and Manifest Aid from our Lady the Mother of God The Apostle Paul informs...
Draw near to me O Lord, hasten to help me, bring my soul out of affliction and have mercy on...
By Bishop John (Kallos) of Thermon The first and great commandment of Christ was the commandment to love. “Thou shalt...
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...
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...
One morning, the holy Elder (“Geron”) Epiphanios Theodoropoulos (1930-1989) was in a conversation with 2-3 visitors at his home. One of...
VatopaidiFriend: “The Dream of the Rood (=Cross)” is a wonderful Old English poem written in the 8th century (before the...
The symbol of Christian faith has ever been and always will be the Cross, for it is the sign...
St Eprhaim the Syrian’s Eighth Discourse of Exhortation to the Monks of Egypt: About the scandals which occur, we know...
St Kronid, in his remarkable first-hand account of his long struggle with severe depression and blasphemous thoughts, writes: “My only...
By Monk Markellos Karakallenos The Holy Spirit is the source of the divine gifts and when He descended upon the...
Jerusalem – Ma’an – Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III blocked a recent attempt by Israel’s Jerusalem municipality to confiscate 43...
Prayer is by its very nature a dialogue and a union with God. Its effect is to hold the world...
O God and Father, Creator and Preserver of all creation! Give to our poor children and to all the children of...
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21). Did not our Lord Himself confirm this when...
