Repentance without a complete turnaround is nothing more than a travesty before God and the soul. It doesn’t do to...
Temptations are trials that come upon people from the devil and his minions, that is, bad people. In practice, they’re...
By true divine providence, beings have within them a rule and law which allows those who appear to be ungrateful...
People can pray without ceasing provided they’re always standing before God in heart and mind. They can be working with...
Being indifferent towards the enemy is a great art: the art of arts. And it comes about only by divine...
Temptations, then, test souls, to see if they love God or not, and it’s these temptations that make souls worthy...
When people extracted gold, silver and precious stones from the earth, and when they’d made more soft clothes than they...
The wrath of God is a painful sensation for those whom He chastises. And it becomes a painful sensation when...
The way to acquire peace is as follows: forget entirely your fall and the sin and give yourself over to...
No fasting from food is of any benefit to those who don’t fast from their other feelings, because those who...
Stavrovouni Monastery is perched on a rocky peak 750m above sea level. Legend has it that it was founded in...
The heart is the eye of human existence. The clearer it is, the quicker, farther and more clearly it sees....
Patience in trials is a sure way of uniting ourselves to God. Complaining separates us from God, so patience forges...
Give something to God as a “thank you” present, for the fact that you’re one of those who can give charity...
Strive to remain unflinchingly in a state of spiritual vigilance, patience and boldness, because only then will you sense the...
When you see somebody becoming rich through wrong-doing and then living prosperously, sigh and weep for them. Because this wealth...
All the trials which the love of God sends us are so that we can acquire patience and become like...
The Lord didn’t live among people in order to besmirch them, but to cleanse them. He never sullied anyone, but,...
Sin never appears as it really is, naked, abstract, because if it did, it wouldn’t deceive people’s minds so easily...
If you allow the thought that you can rely on your own powers and proceed in that vein, then pride...
