Daily Spiritual Messages

[Νίκος]

Spiritual mourning has to do with our relationship with God and is the product not so much of our own choice, as of the Grace of the Holy Spirit. The sense of responsibility for wicked deeds weighs down upon our heart and this gives rise to the sad state of mourning.

Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi

[Νίκος]

People aren’t worth less than an animal which, according to the law, if it falls into a ditch, you have to pull out and look after (Deut. 22, 1-4). So how kind should we be to our fellow human beings, when we’re enjoined to have pity even on dumb animals?

Saint Gregory the Theologian

[Νίκος]

When we commune the Body of the Lord, we continually breastfeed the Virgin's milk, so what happens to us? We become genuine children of Theotokos and brothers of Christ and by Grace sons and children of God.

Elder Joseph the Hesychast

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People need humility and the fear of God more than the breath they take. Two wrongs don’t make a right, so if anyone does you harm, respond with a good action and in that way you’ll cancel out their wickedness.

Abba Pimen

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Because people don’t look to their own wickedness, because they don’t weep over their dead self, they’re incapable of doing anything at all to put themselves to rights and so they’re constantly concerned with other people. There’s nothing that angers God more, nothing that exposes us so much and leads to our isolation than gossip, than condemning and slaughtering other people.

Abba Dorotheos

[Νίκος]

Be patient with your own passions and be patient with mine. Then you’ll become a saint.

Elder Ephraim of Katounakia

[Νίκος]

Hospitality’s the greatest of the virtues. It attracts the Grace of the Holy Spirit. My child, in the face of every stranger, I see Christ Himself.

Elder Amphilochios Makris of Patmos

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It’s great to walk, to work, to move and to have your health. But first you should have your spiritual health. Your spiritual health is fundamental, then comes bodily health. Almost all sicknesses come from the lack of trust in God and this creates stress.

Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia

[Νίκος]

The mountains, the hills, the trees, the sea and the fish all praise God. But because we’ve blackened the understanding of our souls, we understand very little of this, very little.

Elder Ephraim of Katounakia

[Νίκος]

People are saved through sorrows. Nobody’s ever been saved without sorrows. Without sorrows and trials, don’t expect any repose in the life beyond the grave.

Elder Ephraim of Arizona