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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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.

Homilies in this volume:(note some subject matters are written about multiple times by the saint in volume 1 and in this volume but the homily itself is always different)TO THE READERSON MORAL FREEDOM THAT MAN IS MORALLY FREEON MAN’S INVIOLABLE FREE AGENCYON TRUE FREEDOM AND FALSELY-CALLED FREEDOMON THE MANNER ACCORDING TO WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO REMAIN MORALLY FREECONCERNING SINON REPENTANCETHAT THE SAVIOUR ACCOMPLISHED SALVATIO...

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 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 ...