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...
Continued from (4) 4. The Move to St Basil and the Death of the Elder Ephrem Any move is in...
Continued from (3) 3. Settlement in Katounakia with the elder Ephrem They thanked the Elder and promised obedience. Once they...
Continued from (2) 2. Initial Difficulties and Aid from Grace asion that presents itself arouses enthusiasm and interest. The remote...
Continued from (1) Part I: The Life 1. Childhood and Youth The Elder’s homeland was Paros in the Cyclades; a...
Introduction It is only natural for noble memories to be recorded, so that they remain forever as glowing landmarks in...
With the development of monasticism in the Church there appeared a peculiar way of life, which however did not proclaim...
Continued from (2) Virtual family I will tell you again about one of my personal experiences. At some point of...
About Christian deed Question: the Lord’s ways are truly miraculous. It is miraculous how Father Gabriel got a computer, without...
St Elessa came from the Peloponnese and was the daughter of a rich Greek, named Elladios. Her mother Eugenia was a...
Part 1. The contemporary situation. The present contribution describes a miracle that, as far as we know, is almost unheard of in...
Continued from (2) In the context of forbidding attitude of the Eastern Fathers toward mental images, it seems necessary to...
Continued from (1) In other words, according to St. Ignatii (Bryanchaninov), purposefully creating images in one’s mind, and even accepting...
Just as there can be a properly trained voice, there can be a properly trained soul. —Fr. Alexander Yelchaninov Fr....
One of the three branches of world Christianity and the major Christian Church in the Middle East and Eastern Europe,...
The family is the basic unit or ‘cell’ of society, and the Christian family is also a major building block...
