The Mystery of MarriageHieromonk Gregorios. This book examines, on the basis of Holy Scripture and the writing of the Holy Fathers of the Church, the Orthodox understanding of the Sacrament of Marriage. In addition to explaining the sacrament itself,...

Spiritual AwakeningElder Paisios of Mount Athos.     The meaning of this life is to be prepared for our homeland, for Heaven, for Paradise. The most important thing is for man to grasp this most profound meaning of life, which is the...

The Orthodox Faith, Worship and LifeHieromonk Gregorios.     Nowadays, many people in all parts of the world are discovering the Orthodox Church as the only source of life and truth able to satisfy man's spiritual thirst and hunger. And...

Love Your EnemiesHieromonk Gregorios. Oftentimes we look at sin through two completely different lenses. Prior to committing a sin, we view it through the lens of insensibility, and thus consider the sin to be entirely natural. However, after it has...

Repentance and ConfessionHieromonk Gregorios. Repentance is man’s return to God. It is a change-of-heart in the nous from the darkness of sin to the light of Christ. The beginning of this journey is the awareness of our errors, which is a great...

Wounded by love Elder Porphyrios, a Greek monk and priest who died in 1991, stands in the long tradition of charismatic spiritual guides in the Eastern Church, which continues from the apostolic age down to figures such as Saint Seraphim...

Do not JudgeHieromonk Gregorios. We often complain nowadays that to live according to God's commandments is a difficult struggle. We think that to be truly Christian, we have to fast, pray, give alms and perform other such virtuous acts. And as we...

My Prayer Book Prayer, according to St. John Chrysostomos, is a great and mighty weapon, a great possession, a binding of man with God, it is a medicine, a everlasting richness, in which the grace of God flows freely throygh the veins of the soul, an...

The Cuisine of the Holy Mount Athos The famous book of the Mount Athos monk Epiphanios 'The Cuisine of the Holy Mount Athos' translated in English. This book covers the interest of millions of Greeks for the monastic cooking who are not speek very well...

Hand painted icon on canvas of Theotokos Hodegetria on natural wood. The icon is delivered in a wooden box. This icon was for many years in the Catholikon of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi. In 1730, however, it suddenly disappeared from its...

Hand painted icon of Saint Helen, made in Mount Athos, on natural wood with two braids on its back side. The icon is delivered in a wooden box. Saint Helen, mother of Saint Constantine, dedicated her life to charity and the spread of Christian teaching...

Hand painted icon of Saint Elisavet made in Mount Athos, on natural wood. The icon is delivered in a wooden box.   Saint Elisavet was born in Iraklia, Thrace, and lived in the 5th century AD. At a young age, she went to Constantinople, where she...