FORWARD TO ENGLISH EDITION SAINT JOACHIM PAPOULAKIS It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to...
“Search for me, A needle in a haystack, Find where I lie, Pain hidden by a rag, Here I hide...
Monk Alexander Source: Orthodox Research Institute We have no power to change another person, and we should not waste our...
Venerable St. John of Rila, a great spirit-filled ascetic struggler of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, is the heavenly patron of...
Four corners of my bed Four angels over head Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Bless this bed I lay upon...
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...
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...
Hiermonk Benedict of Holy Mount Athos Preface Among the problems which man must confront at his moments of prayer, are...
By Fr. Andrew Jarmus “Prayer is the test of everything; prayer is also the source of everything; prayer is 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...
Continuued from (11) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi THE TRANSLATION OF HIS RELICS As was proper and natural,...
Continued from (10) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi THE SAINT’S REPOSE On March 1,1868, blessed Papoulakis was resting...
Continued from (9) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi Olga Sophianou of Kionio recounts that a fellow villager of...
Continued from (8) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi K. Koutsouvelis from Kionio recounted that a certain man from...
Prayer is by its very nature a dialogue and a union with God. Its effect is to hold the world...
St Elessa came from the Peloponnese and was the daughter of a rich Greek, named Elladios. Her mother Eugenia was a...
