Go show yourselves to the priests Luke 17:14 The holy sacrament of confession can rightly be called “the Forgotten Medicine.”...
Is It Syami? (Fasting)
“The true fast is that in which sins, anger, tongue, and instincts are under control” – St Basil the Great...
Fasting And The Imitation of Christ
In His forty days experience of absolute fasting, Christ laid down for us the basis of our dealings with our...
Fasting- A Period of Love
We consider fasting a period of love. It is a period to test our love for God, and the love...
Sit In Your Cell And It Will Teach You All Things
The cell was regarded in the apophthegms as a specific space where one lived and followed a particular praxis that...
Struggling With Prayer
Matanias, agpia prayers, the Jesus prayer, and contemplations on psalms…these are prayers and supplications made to God by all monks,...
The Benefits of Spiritual Reading
Reading, in general, gathers the mind from its wandering and leads it to concentrate on the subject of the reading....
Tips On Prayer
“The brethren asked Abba Agathon: “Amongst all of our different activities, father, which is the virtue that requires the greatest...
Lift Up Your Prayer For The Remnant That Is Left
It seems that every year there is news of a Christian group somewhere around the world is being persecuted for...
Martha or Mary
“Martha and Mary are very beautifully portrayed in the Gospel as examples of this attitude and manner of behavior. For...