Spiritual Treasures
"I dare not do so myself: pray for me, O ye sai...
Who will not lament for me, who have renounced the eternal kingdom for the sake of meagre pleasures, ignoring the eternal fire? Having surrendered myself to the passions, I have...
"I dare not do so myself: pray for me, O ye sai...
Who will not lament for me, who have renounced the eternal kingdom for the sake of meagre pleasures, ignoring the eternal fire? Having surrendered myself to the passions, I have...
"To the Theotokos: I am not bold enough. Pray f...
O Virgin Lady and Mother of God, most blessed and graced by God, incline thine ear and hear my words, pronounced by my defiled and impure lips. Do not despise...
"To the Theotokos: I am not bold enough. Pray f...
O Virgin Lady and Mother of God, most blessed and graced by God, incline thine ear and hear my words, pronounced by my defiled and impure lips. Do not despise...
"Lack of concern for eternal bliss and endless ...
Woe is me! What comforts and delights are prepared for us; but there is no one who has labored for salvation, no one who desires such things. Instead we prefer...
"Lack of concern for eternal bliss and endless ...
Woe is me! What comforts and delights are prepared for us; but there is no one who has labored for salvation, no one who desires such things. Instead we prefer...
The Life of Our Venerable Father Onuphrius the ...
The venerable Paphnutius, who waged the ascetic struggle in one of the monasteries of the Egyptian desert, has left us an account of how he found the venerable Onuphrius the...
The Life of Our Venerable Father Onuphrius the ...
The venerable Paphnutius, who waged the ascetic struggle in one of the monasteries of the Egyptian desert, has left us an account of how he found the venerable Onuphrius the...
"A song of praise to the Redeemer" (Saint Ephra...
Thanks are due to the good One who has saved our race from enslavement to the devil and from death, and has made peace between us and Thy lofty Truth,...
"A song of praise to the Redeemer" (Saint Ephra...
Thanks are due to the good One who has saved our race from enslavement to the devil and from death, and has made peace between us and Thy lofty Truth,...
"Life's lessons" (Saint Ephraim the Syrian)
When you see life’s pleasures, beware that they might not distract you, for they conceal death’s snares. Likewise a fisherman casts not his hook to no purpose. As bait for his...
"Life's lessons" (Saint Ephraim the Syrian)
When you see life’s pleasures, beware that they might not distract you, for they conceal death’s snares. Likewise a fisherman casts not his hook to no purpose. As bait for his...