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In the hermitage of humility: the figure of an elder
16 August 2020
We’ve come to associate the great Elders almost exclusively with monasteries, and particularly with the Holy Mountain, even though great figures among the clergy, preachers or even ordinary parish pri... 
Strike them all
Saint Theophan the Recluse
15 August 2020
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The passions are serpents. When one of them emanates from the heart, it's like a snake sticking its head out of a hole. Strike it in the name of Christ. It'll withdraw at on...
A bad name
Saint Paisios the Athonite
14 August 2020
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Blessed and thrice-blessed are those who are held to be bronze in the eyes of other people because of the bad name given to them by others, whereas, in fact, they're twenty-...
Ιt forgets where it lives
Saint Paisios the Athonite
13 August 2020
When the intellect begins to be close to God on a regular basis, it not only forgets where it lives, it even forgets the dwelling place of the soul, the flesh of clay....
Without humility
Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov
12 August 2020
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Without light, everything's dark and without humility there's nothing inside people, except darkness....
The Beauty of Nature as a Stimulus for Spiritual Enquiry
Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th.
12 August 2020
The way of life in large cities has degenerated in recent years. Pollution of the atmosphere, accumulation of garbage, electromagnetic and noise pollution, lack of greenery, the ecological crisis, the...
Until pride departs
Saint Arsenie Boca
11 August 2020
The time of sorrow usually lasts until pride departs, because nothing can stand against the humble: not the works of others, not other people themselves, not even the demons. When humility comes, with...
