Monastiriaka

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...