By Protecting Veil, on September 3rd, 2010
“Love all your fellow men, even your enemies. This is the most basic thing. Always love not only those who love us, but also those who hate us. Let us forgive them and love them all even if they have done us . . . → Read More: “Love all your fellow men, even your enemies. This is the most basic thing…”
By Protecting Veil, on August 27th, 2010
“When our heart has no love for Christ, we are like ships that have no fuel, no gas in their engines. We must always remember Christ with love. Then our soul will leap for joy.”
- Elder Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos . . . → Read More: When our heart has no love for Christ, we are like ships that have no fuel…
By Protecting Veil, on August 21st, 2010
“Parents should love their children as their children and not as their idols. That is to say, they should love their children as they are and not how they would like them to be – to be like them.”
- Elder Epiphanios (Theodoropoulos) of Athens (1930-1989)
By Protecting Veil, on August 8th, 2010
“Spiritual cultivation can take place only in the soil of the heart, for within it one can plant and sow spiritual seed. Then the rain of the energy of the Holy Spirit comes and brings forth fruit, which will be kept in two accounts: firstly in Heaven, and then in the earthly account for . . . → Read More: Spiritual cultivation can take place only in the soil of the heart…
By Protecting Veil, on July 16th, 2010
“Don’t be neglectful of prayer! At table, in the morning, afternoon and evening. In particular don’t miss Small Compline for any reason, tired though you may be. It’s a question of self-sacrifice and, in particular, of love. When a beloved person calls you very late at night, how are you able to speak sometimes . . . → Read More: “Don’t be neglectful of prayer!”
By Protecting Veil, on July 9th, 2010
“Speak more to God about your children than to your children about God…. The soul of the teenager is in a state of an explosion of freedom. For this reason he has a hard time accepting various counsels. So, rather than counseling him continuously and reproaching him now and again, leave the . . . → Read More: “Speak more to God about your children than to your children about God…”