Blessed Athanasia – Disciple of St. Seraphim

Christian spirituality concerns the battle with evil in the hearts of men, and those who succeed in their fierce battle are heroes of the spirit. The world needs such heroes. This book tells of one of the many spiritual offspring of the great Russian ascetic, St. Seraphim of Sarov, and her life gives us a […]

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Elder Hadji – Georgis The Athonite 1809-1886

Elder Hadji-Georgis (1809–1886) was one of the greatest Elders of Mount Athos during the nineteenth century, and it is fitting that this biography of him was written by one of the greatest Athonite Elders of the twentieth century, Elder Paisios. “When I first came to the Holy Mountain,” Elder Paisios writes, “I would hear everyone […]

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Wisdom from Mount Athos – The Writings of Staretz Silouan 1866-1938

Staretz, or “elder”, is a title given to Orthodox monks of particular spiritual development. Staretz Silouan was a Russian peasant whose only formal education consisted of two winters at the village school. But on Mt Athos, rooted in a tradition reaching back to the very beginnings of Christian monasticism, he was taught of God and […]

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The Monk of Mount Athos, Staretz Silouan 1866-1938

Staretz Silouan’s disciple interprets the life, personality and teachings of his master, and the spiritual struggles which made Silouan truly a “staretz” or “elder.” Mccardle has write my papers http://writemypaper4me.org/ drawn on her background as a linguist to strengthen the branch’s research on bilingualism and biliteracy

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Elder Gervasios (Paraskevopoulos) of Patras

Father Gervasios Paraskevopoulos was an exceptional ecclesiastical personality. I met him in 1942 when for a certain time he remained in Argolis near the ever-memorable Metropolitan John. I discerned that he had a childlike soul, although he was relentless in reproving sin, no matter where he encountered it, especially in clergymen, since he had previously […]

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Thoughts and how to confront them

Among the problems which man must confront at his moments of prayer, are the various thoughts which enter his mind, or nous. This booklet is not the result of an experienced study on this important topic of thoughts and reasonings. It is a discourse which took place some time ago. It is presented here in […]

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The Victory of the Cross

Staniloae understands creation of as a gift of God to humans (his image bearers). This giftof time and space is created for movement toward love. In other words, the gift revealsand expresses God’s love for humans. But the gift is not to be confused with the actuallove which is in the person of God. He […]

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The Struggle in Christ in the Apostasy of our Times

We speak forced by love and pain for our suffering brethren in the world and especially for the youth. https://celltrackingapps.com/spy-snapchat

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Experiences of the Grace of God

Come and become a living member of the Church in obedience and discipline to Christ, humble the spirit of self-esteem, fight against the spirits of evil and then you will rejoice, you will learn. you will taste the authentic personal experience which God out of His boundless love gives to those who sincerely and diligently […]

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The Deification as the Purpose of Man’s Life

The highly respected abbot of Gregoriou, Archimandrite George, has now published in English two small works which sum up the teaching of the monastic tradition on matters which are of importance for us all. In Deification he points out that the divinization is the ultimate goal of human existence, and that God does not wish […]

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