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St. John Chrysostom – We should not accuse the objects, but ourselves
The beauty of woman is the greatest snare. Or rather, not the beauty of woman, but unchastened gazing! For we should not accuse the...
Saint Paisios: “I am confessing my garden”
Through confession, a person discards everything that is useless within and becomes spiritually fruitful. One day I was digging in my garden to plant...
Bringing comfort to the other (St. Paisios)
One day, a Brother who had decided to visit a Father in Kapsala was thinking, "What should I bring him as a blessing?"...
Saint Sophrony – On Prayer
I once read a newspaper account of an engineer testing the jet engine of a plane who carelessly stepped into the air stream which...
Saint Silouan the Athonite – On the Holy Spirit
By the Holy Spirit is the Lord made known. By the Holy Spirit is the Lord magnified in heaven. By the Holy Spirit do...
Saint Silouan the Athonite – Love for enemies
I beseech you, put this to the test. When a man affronts you or brings dishonour on your head, or takes what is yours,...
Glory, Christ, to your Power! (St. Poprhyrios)
Let me remind you of the Kontakion Hymn of the Sunday of the Paralytic:
By your divine authority, O Lord, raise up my soul,
as...
A house is not built by beginning at the top – Abba John the...
Abba John the Dwarf said, 'A house is not built by beginning at the top and working down. You must begin with the foundations...
Nothing can be clearer or mightier than the truth (St. John Chrysostom)
Nothing can be clearer or mightier than the truth, just as nothing is weaker than falsehood, though it be shaded by ten thousand veils....
Saint Porphyrios – On praising others
We should never praise and flatter our fellow men, but rather lead them to humility and love of God. Nor should we seek to...
