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Deeply wounded
Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff
29 August 2020
How wounded our natural love is! How deep the wound of strong passion is that it bears. When the heart is engulfed with powerful passion, it's capable of every kind of injustice, every kind of transgr... 
They won’t find it difficult at all
Saint Makarios the Egyptian
28 August 2020
If we wish to bear easily every sorrow and temptation, let us keep our eyes trained always on death for the sake of Christ. The commandment we have is to take up our cross and follow Him, ready and wi...
In the hermitage of humility: the figure of an elder [7]
28 August 2020
Moving on now to more theological issues, one day I asked the Elder whether God Himself really had to be crucified in order for us to be saved. Wasn’t there another way? ‘Of course’, he said, ‘only ...
Are you weak or strong?
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
27 August 2020
When you trust other people, you're weak, but when you trust in God you're strong. Cleave to God and all His strength will be with you. Confess your weakness before Him and He will send you His all-po...
Common medicine
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
26 August 2020
Prayer is an aid in our lives: talking to God, forgetting earthly matters, ascending to heaven. It's the common medicine for the passions, able to protect us from them. It gives life, is a pledge of h...
In the hermitage of humility: the figure of an elder [6]
26 August 2020
Let me now mention some other teachings and advice the Elder gave. Regarding the so-called ‘enlightened’ laywomen who supposedly see revealing visions, apparitions of Saints, talk all the time with ...
From the bottom of your heart
Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov
25 August 2020
If other people do you harm, whatever it is, you shouldn't take revenge, but, on the contrary, should forgive, from the bottom of your heart, those who've done you an injustice....
Far from the truth
Saint Ephraim the Syrian
24 August 2020
If people's intellect isn't illumined by divine teaching, their mind is a long way from the truth....
In the hermitage of humility: the figure of an elder [5]
24 August 2020
For those whose parents are seriously ill, the Elder advised that they should do whatever good and kind deed they can for their parents, to care for them lovingly, to give them affectionate attentio...
