Words of Life
A natural characteristic
Saint Theophan the Recluse
30 December 2016
Since everybody has some faith, even if it’s not always right, we have to...
Prepare to be mocked
Saint Innocent
29 December 2016
When you walk the path of Christ, many people- perhaps even your closest ...
Spiritual benefits
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
28 December 2016
Be careful not to praise one another face to face because praise harms ev...
Let’s look for Elders who’ll cure us
Saint John of the Ladder
27 December 2016
Let’s not seek Elders who have foresight or far-sight, but, above all, le...
Waiting for rain
Saint Amfilokhios Makris
26 December 2016
We hear about wars, earthquakes, catastrophes, tempests, but let’s just wai...
What’s missing
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
25 December 2016
One reason why people today suffer and have weak nervous systems is that th...
Nothing’s ours
Saint Gregory the Theologian
24 December 2016
Bare bones convince those who gaze upon them that nothing earthly is ours....
Egotism in the raw
Elder Ephraim in Arizona †
23 December 2016
When I first went to live with my holy Elder, there in that harsh place in ...
Loving-kindness
Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea
22 December 2016
God is good and loves us and he asks that we should be charitable and perfo...
Without fruit
21 December 2016
If Christians have the true faith but no works of faith to show for it, the...