Father Daniel Sysoyev, the New Martyr: On the Spiritual Kinship (Sermon)

“In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! In a spiritual sense, people are all relatives. There is a carnal relationship -the relationship between parents and children, the relationship between husband and wife, a relationship among the people, based on flesh. On the other hand, there is also spiritual...

Father Daniel Sysoyev: Sermon about Unity

“In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit!" The Apostle Paul, from the prison, writes an epistle(a message- послание) to the Ephesians in which he says: “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been...

Father Zachariah Zacharou from Essex: The “inner” man, the prayer and the value of the tears

- Nowadays, we pay too much attention to seen state of the things. Can we go to our inside, anymore? - Of course, but this is not an easy thing to do. We cannot enter into our soul; we cannot really enter inside our heart without God’s grace. For doing this, we need the wonderful...

Elder Cleopa Ilie: “What has the Savior told to the Apostles? Thou don’t know where you come from or where thou go. So, be aware that we are wanderers and foreigners here…”

Tell me, where have you been one hundred years ago? Tell me quickly right now! Let me see. And where will you be after one hundred years? Do you know? Do you see that you don’t know where you have been and where you go? What has the Savior told to the Apostles? Thou don’t...

Elder Julian Lazăr from the Romanian Skete of St John the Baptist, Athos: About the prayer and holiness

“We do not know what God looks like, as we read in John 1:18, No man hath seen God at any time. This is true, but we can meet with Him in prayer. Go into your room, into your chamber, into your heart, and above all, truly think of Whom you will speak, and then...

Elder Justin Parvu: “The thirst for God directs us towards the love of our neighbor and vice versa…”

“The thirst for God directs us towards the love of our neighbor and vice versa. So great is the power of love that one who reaches a genuine love for all people denying oneself, receives the gift of healing. This is the true “follower” of Christ! Such man loves with the love of Christ all...

St. Porphyrios of Kausokalivia: …Eternity is all you give from love…

"Futility is all you take from selfishness. Eternity is all you give from love. And the most generous eternity is to receive with love in order to give the joy of the reciprocity to that who offers himself to you with love. "   Source: http://www.cuvantul-ortodox.ro    

Saint Silouan the Athonite: When the soul knows the love of God…

When the soul knows the love of God by the Holy Spirit, then he clearly feels that the Lord is our own Father, the closest, dearest Father, the best. And there is not greater happiness that to love God with all the mind and heart, and our neighbor as ourself. And when this love is...