Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis ‘Someone was talking disparagingly about the faults of another person, and he [Saint Païsios} said: “A mother covers up the misbehavior of her child and doesn’t make it public. Christians should do the same for other people”’. He’s been rightly called the saint of love- though Read more
Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papadakis of the Ecumenical Throne (ed. Stelios Koukos) Unfortunately in Crete, to this day, the phenomenon of livestock rustling continues to exist, which is offensive to the island’s history and Christian tradition. It’s a bad custom, a distortion of the words ‘ ability’ and ‘cleverness’ and their meaning. Read more
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich ‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land’ (Lev.25, 18). Why is it that all nations are afraid? What do nations fear on earth? What do people fear on earth? One nation fears another; one nation trembles Read more
Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou † Elder Païsios has no need of any praise or introduction from us. With his imitation of Christ’s love, he satisfied both God and other people and this is why he’s widely praised in the Church of God. He Read more
(Edited by Stelios Koukos) A young man once went to Fr. Iosif and asked to be given a strict rule. The Elder answered: – Anything that happens with obedience is always difficult. But what we do by ourselves, of our own free will, is something we find very easy. Listen, Read more
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous It’s not easy to look at the world. You have to step back a bit, as you would with a painting. Not too far, though, because then you lose the relationship, you don’t hear the messages, the words of its silence. The world’s characterized by noise, Read more
Saint Theophan the Recluse You complain about the volatility of your inner state- sometimes it’s good, at others it’s bad. It can’t be otherwise. ‘I’ve undergone unpleasant spiritual states in a variety of forms and continue to do so’. All we can do is bear them with patience and Read more
Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos ‘For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life’ (Rom. 5, 10) In our spiritual tradition, the attitude of people towards God is often portrayed as Read more
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis An acquaintance of Saint Païsios once asked him to pray for a girl who’d become involved with the occult. The saint said: ‘I have to feel her pain’. The man didn’t understand and thought the saint meant that he’d cause her pain, but was told: ‘Tell Read more
Elder Ieronymos, Aegina Don’t get angry. They’ll mock you and you’ll suffer. Don’t be afraid. If they offer you pepper, give sugar in return. Think: ‘I don’t have pepper, I have sugar and that’s what I’ll give. Sweeten other people with your sugar, that is with your kind words. Read more