Rating: 9,1|Votes: 48

“If Laymen do not murmur they will receive the same reward from God as ascetic monks.”

Little-known quotes by St. Paisios the Hagiorite

St. Paisios the Hagiorite

If those who are poor, in need and are starving do not grumble or murmur, they will receive the same reward as hermits who struggle in asceticism on the slopes of Mt. Athos.

Rating: 8,4|Votes: 15

Closer Than My Own Father: Elder Paisios and His Spiritual Children, Part 1

Ekaterina Stepanova

The path to Athos is open to men only. But in Greece there is a women’s monastery where they live according to strict Athonite rules and serve without electricity, by candlelight. This monastery, in the village of Souroti, was founded by Elder Paisios the Athonite, whose books have been so popular in the past few years in America and Russia. A correspondent of “Neskuchnii Sad” headed to Souroti to meet with people who remember Elder Paisios.

Rating: 10|Votes: 4

Ceaseless Prayer, Through the Apostle Paul’s Personal Letter

Deacon Pavel Serzhantov

Then the service ends. The pilgrim leaves the church and heads to the feast in the refectory. But at the same time, he hears the Vespers hymns in his mind—“Lord I have cried unto Thee, hearken unto me.”

Rating: 5|Votes: 2

St. Paul Apostle to the Nations

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Rather than focusing on all the good things we do – even when done for God – godly wisdom has us focus on God’s love for us.

Rating: 8,1|Votes: 12

Religious Harbingers of Greek De-Hellenization

On Greece’s new education programs

Themistoclis Murtsanos

Essentially, “new religious studies” is an additional path to the de-Hellenization and de-Christianization of our society. This is the policy: to create people without religious convictions, without memory, without historicity. People who are able to grasp only the most primitive concepts.