How do I Respond to Humiliation? Abba Isaiah answers this question as follows: If a person hurled a harsh word...
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...
How Long Should One Exercise Onself in Each Virtue
It is impossible to determine theoretically how long one should exercise oneself in a virtue before becoming established in it....
The Pursuit of Virtues
Virtues are the fruits that everyone is required to bring forth in his/her spiritual journey towards Christian perfection. “Every tree...
On The Structure and Harmony of the Virtues of the Soul
HOLY SCRIPTURE says of the midwives who kept alive the Israelites’ male children, that through the god-fearing midwives they made...
On Discretion in Reading the Patristic Books on the Monastic Life
The books of the holy Fathers on the monastic life must be, read with great caution. It has been noticed...
Celibacy something attained or a gift from God?
Is Celibacy something you have to work hard to attain or is it a Gift from God? Those who think...