elder philotheos | Protecting Veil

“True happiness is not the honors and pleasures of the body. True happiness…”

ByProtecting Veil June 24, 2011June 25, 2011

True happiness is not the honors and pleasures of the body. True happiness is virtue. As many as fight to acquire virtue, to put into practice the commandments of God, these are the truly happy. – Elder Philotheos (Zervakos) (1894-1980)

Counsels | Saints

“The path of life you follow, married or unmarried, is the will of God…”

ByProtecting Veil April 21, 2011

The path of life you follow, married or unmarried, is the will of God. For, many times people desire one thing, while the call of God is otherwise. The married state is good, as is the unmarried; the celibate state is better and higher, for the unmarried man is interested in how to please God,…