1. Avarice. 2. The elimination of the sense of justice. 3. distortion of the truth. 4. ego-centrism, captivity to ourselves, worship of our personal interest, or that of our family, our place or, if you like, our nation.
One of the signs of egotism is the presence of some feeling of jealousy within us.
The elders tell us that the spiritual man should take a lesson from the dog. When it is chased out…,
View of a typical monastic settlement on Mount Athos. It is hidden away in a dense forest, in a peaceful area conducive to prayer and spiritual development. A person must live like an exile from this world in order to…
If the man doesn’t cope with his own sins, devil will
The higher level man reaches in spiritual life,…
The self-controlled refrain from gluttony; those who have renounced possessions, from greed; the tranquil, from loquacity; the pure, from…
The Creator and Ruler of the world called Himself meek and humble of heart. Therefore, to be a true Ruler of this world…
For the whole array of passions: wrath, fear, cowardice, impudence, depression as well as pleasure, hatred, strife and merciless cruelty, envy as well as flattery, brutality together with brooding over injuries — they are all many despotic masters…
He who has become aware of his sins has controlled his tongue, but…
I have watched farmers sowing the same type of seed, and yet each one had different ideas of what he was doing. One was planning to…
You will not labour many years, son, in search of blessed inner peace, if in the beginning you…
To judge sins is the business of one who is sinless; who is sinless except God? It is not right to…
Absolutely nothing will help us if we are not lenient toward the weaknesses of men and forgive them. For how can we…
When someone wages war against you, take example of Crist’s crucifixion. Don’t fight fire with fire. It makes you look ridiculous. Instead make…
Everyone thinks that a big feast as an occasion of joy and to catch up with loved ones. However, in order to…
Today many of us wonder, “How do we fit so many people in an organization?”. Orthodoxy solved this problem more than 2000 years ago. The problem…
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither…