The sayings of the Desert Fathers is rich in spiritual wealth and a learning companion for all Christians.

The Evergetinos (Ancient Greek "Of the Benefactress",or "Benefactress") is a vast collection of materials from a number of other collections of sayings of monastics and others, ranging from the well-known works of St. John Cassian and Palladius, to the anonymously produced Apophthegmata collections, but including materials also from hagiographies, menologia, and other, unspecified and now-lost sources. The collection was compiled in the eighteenth century by Hieromonk Paul and Macarios of ...

Homilies in this volume:ON FAITHON PATIENCE IN TIMES OF AFFLICTIONON TRUE FREEDOM AND ITS CONNECTION WITH MORAL FREEDOMON CONFESSIONON THE HOLY EUCHARISTON THE LOVE AND WORSHIP DUE TO GODON GREAT AND HOLY FRIDAYON REPENTANCEON WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTHA STUDY ON THE SOUL OF MAN AND THE SOULS OF ANIMALS

THE PREACHING OF ANDREW THE BLESSED DISCIPLE AMONGST THE CITIES OF THE KURDS.THE ACTS OF ANDREW AND BARTHOLOMEW.THE MARTYRDOM OF ST ANDREW.THE STORY OF ST JAMES.THE MARTYRDOM OF JAMES.THE TRAVELS OF JOHN THE SON OF ZEBEDEE.THE DEATH OF SAINT JOHN.THE PREACHING OF PHILIP.THE MARTYRDOM OF PHILIP.THE PREACHING OF BARTHOLOMEW.THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW.THE PREACHING OF THOMAS.THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT THOM...

Sayings of the saints is a book rich in Christian instruction and hope in God.

The Geritikon is a spiritual treasure full of advice and direction from the saints about the spiritual life.

The pilgrim's inner journey begins when he is struck upon hearing the words of Paul (in I Thessalonians 5:17) to "pray without ceasing." He visits churches and monasteries to try and understand how to pray without ceasing. His travels lead him to a starets (a spiritual father) who teaches him the Jesus Prayer—"Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me"—and gives him practical advice on how to recite the prayer uninterruptedly, as a type of mantra.The book details the gradual spiritual dev...

Vainglory is a passion that manifests earlier than all the other passions.

According to the teachings of the Holy and Divine Fathers, there are seven main ways through which the soul-losing deceit of devilish visions and illusions enter the mind and the heart of men.

Do you see how the old devils are never sleeping, tormenting you again? Do you see how they changed their craft to tempt you?

Bittkanon an den Heiligen Paisios. Supplication Canon to St Paisios in German.

There are two kinds of Communion because the man has a double nature: one is the mysterious Communion of the flaming coal, through which the faithful commune with the Body and Blood of the Lord, and the second Communion is spiritual, through which the believers commune in spirit and mind during the Holy and Divine Liturgy.