With Pain and Love for Contemporary ManElder Paisios of Mount Athos.     This is the first volume of the series 'Spiritual Counsels of the Elder Paisios of Mount Athos'. It is divided into four thematic parts. Each part is subdivided into...

Christ is the Fullness of LifeSaint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia.     Saint Porphyrios, prescient, unassuming, humble, simple and ardent, was filled with an all-consuming love for Christ and for his fellow man, and every aspect of his being...

Be Ready. An Approach to the Mystery of DeathHieromonk Gregorios. When we wish to emphasize the importance of something, we say that it is a matter of life and death. A matter of primary importance for those of us, who believe in heaven and hell,...

Purity of the HeartHieromonk Gregorios. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matt. 5:8     Frequently the agony that distinguishes worldly people in their daily struggle for survival is also experienced in the...

Saint Paisios the Athonite     With the help of God, and after the work of a great many years, our Sisterhood, propelled by our sacred obligation toward the Saint, who for twenty-eight years had guided and benefited us in so many ways,...

Illness and the BelieverHieromonk Gregorios. Today, despite the remarkable progress of medical science, the number of people, who are ill is increasing and new diseases and illnesses continue to make their appearance. Almost every family has previously...

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...