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Sweetness in prayer
Saint Theophan the Recluse
14 April 2019
When people begin to be steadfastly united with God in prayer, they never want to be separated from Him.
Because the sweetness they taste through the Divine Presence is so great they never want to ta... 
Warped pieces of wood
Saint Paisios the Athonite
13 April 2019
People who won’t accept a word of advice, even from people who love them, are, in the end, like warped pieces of wood and render themselves useless spiritually.
Just as planks that you can’t plane ...
On Love
Dr. Georgios Koios
13 April 2019
This period of Great Lent through which we’re passing, and also the worrying social phenomena we see on a global scale, challenge and invite us as people to reflect on and weigh up why it is that almo...
The appropriate organs to receive the divine gifts
Saint Maximos the Confessor
12 April 2019
The intellect is the organ of wisdom, whereas the reason is that of knowledge.
The natural, internal certainty of the intellect and of the reason is the organ of faith, which is a product of wisdom a...
‘What fruit has your zeal born?’
Protopresbyter Stefanos Anagnostopoulos
11 April 2019
A very active priest had a dream once, which he described to us as follows:
‘I was sitting in an armchair, drained and exhausted from all my work. My whole body ached from weariness.
A lot of people...
Crowned humbleness
Saint Arsenie Boca
11 April 2019
If somebody accuses you of committing a sin that you didn’t do, humble yourself and you’ll inherit the crown of incorruption.
You’ll be wise when, through your silence rather than anger, you stop t...
Cut off your will
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
10 April 2019
Every power of the enemy and the devil is destroyed by patience. Cut off your will and don’t seek any other path to salvation.
You should know that those who don’t subject themselves to one (their El...
Miracles of Saint Theosevios (3)
Saint Neofytos Recluse
10 April 2019
The blind monk
There was a blind monk in Cyprus who, when he heard that the saint had the grace of healing those with impaired vision, came to him and begged him for a cure. He promised: ‘If you ha...
From pride to repentance
Saint Maximos the Confessor
9 April 2019
People who are proud of the gifts they’ve received and boast as if they hadn’t received them from God (I Cor. 4, 7) rightly call down upon themselves the wrath of God, Who allows the devil to wage men...
