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Attracting the Grace
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
15 August 2019
Grace is attracted by warmth and zeal, but is lost through indifference and laxity.
The first thing that causes Grace not only to be attracted, but to multiply and be retained, is a perfect sense of ... 
Pride and envy
Saint Paisios the Athonite
14 August 2019
By their nature, men have a bigger dose of pride but, if to the smaller dose that women have you add envy, then the devil becomes more intolerable than this poisonous dose of male pride.
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Both invisible and apparent
Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff
13 August 2019
Honour you neighbour as an image of God, but do so in your soul, invisibly to others and apparent only in your conscience. Let this payment of respect be secret, but sincere. In other words, let it ...
There are stumbling-blocks
Elder Filotheos Zervakos
12 August 2019
The path of humility is the quickest and surest. So how does it have obstacles? Well, it does have some. First, because we’re people, not angels and second because we have some old, bad habits which...
It speaks directly
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
11 August 2019
As regards what’s good and what’s evil, our conscience does tell us, but only partly, not clearly, because it’s darkened by sin. The teaching of Christ, on the other hand tells us fully and clearly ...
Iasi Byzantine Music Festival at its 3rd edition
10 August 2019
The 3rd annual edition of Iasi Byzantine Music Festival organized by the Department of Religious Education of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bucovina will take place from 2nd to 6th of October 2019. F...
It’s a characteristic of the soul
Saint Diadokhos of Fotiki
10 August 2019
If you love yourself, you can’t love God. People who don’t love themselves, because of the excessive riches of their love for God, really do love Him. They never seek their own advancement, only the...
Ebooks from the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi and Pemptousia through iTUNES and AMAZON
9 August 2019
Pemptousia is in the happy position of announcing to its reading public that henceforth you will be able to find and obtain many of the titles published by the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi an...
The bold aren’t afraid
Saint Paisios the Athonite
9 August 2019
Bold people don’t fear death, which is why they strive nobly and with self-denial. Because they keep death in their mind and think about it every day, they’re better prepared spiritually and they st...
