Do you wish that I shall speak of the ways of repentance? They are many, and various, and different, and...
The Exercise of the Arrow Prayer
The Concept Behind this Exercise: These prayers are called “arrow-like prayers” by the Church for they are, in a manner...
Repentance as Resurrection
Most Christians intuitively understand a connection between repentance and resurrection. Many appreciate how repentance and forgiveness can lead to new...
Humility: Consciousness of Sin and Dependence Upon God
For the monks, cultivating a spirit of humility meant moving in two opposite directions at once: fostering both a sense...
How Can We Obtain Humility?
There are people who are humble by nature and there are those who obtained humility through spiritual struggle and much...
St Mary As An Example of Virginity
Let then, the life of St Mary be as it were virginity itself, set forth in a likeness, from which,...
Fasting Paves the Way to Virtue
As has been said fasting is the beginning of the spiritual life, thus it is considered the pavement on which...
Fasting Days, Holy Days
Our entire life should be consecrated wholly to God, however there are days appointed by Him as “holy days”. If...
Friendship
“A faithful friend is an elixir of life… A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter” (Ecc 6: 14,16). For what...
Fear of God – From the Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Abba John (the Dwarf) said, “Humility and the fear of God are above all virtues.” Abba Poemen said, “As the...