Words of Life
It’s testimony
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
20 February 2021
People strive as hard as they can to achieve perfection, even in their ...
Pleased and pained
Saint Mark the Ascetic
19 February 2021
Some, who’ve been praised by others for their virtue, have been pleased and...
Well pleased
Saint Silouan the Athonite
18 February 2021
To be saved, you have to become humble. Even if you forcibly put proud ...
It doesn’t rot
Saint Paisios the Athonite
17 February 2021
If you immerse wood in oil, it doesn’t rot. If children are immersed i...
With attention and readiness
Saint John Chrysostom
16 February 2021
While we’re in church, our behavior should be appropriate, befitting th...
They’re our guides
Saint Isaac the Syrian
15 February 2021
Those who desire to do the will of God have the angels as guides. Those...
Harmful and dangerous
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
14 February 2021
Excessive grief masks pride. This is why it’s harmful and dangerous and...
They’re hiding something.
Saint Thalassios the Libyan
13 February 2021
Those who praise others with their mouth but bruise them with their hea...
Like a sword
Elder Amvrosios Lazaris
12 February 2021
You have to acquire strong faith, on your own, with patience, goodness ...
A weak vessel
Saint John of Kronstadt
11 February 2021
You must always preserve the treasure of the Spirit, the rivers of ‘liv...