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“An Elder Said”

    Edifying Stories and Teachings from Ancient and Modern Times

• An Astonishing Example of “Greater Love” (English pdf, 477 KB; Greek pdf, 445 KB)

• The Good Advice of a Sorcerer (English pdf, 243 KB; Greek pdf, 267 KB)

• Teachings of Staretz Ambrose on Sinful Thoughts and on Prayer (English pdf, 156 KB; Greek pdf, 133 KB)

• God Bestows His Spirit and Mercy on All Those With a Good Disposition (English pdf, 212 KB; Greek pdf, 282 KB)

• Small Sacrifices for the Sake of Christ (English pdf, 324 KB; Greek pdf, 268 KB)

• Avoidance of Deceptive Self-Sufficiency (English pdf, 338 KB; Greek pdf, 258 KB)

-by St. Theophan the Recluse

• Why, then, do you grumble and not give thanks to God? (English pdf, 139 KB; Greek pdf, 68 KB)

-A contemporary monk’s charismatic homily of life and truth

• Spiritual Admonitions by the Venerable Elder Pachomios of Chios (English pdf, 411 KB; Greek pdf, 273 KB)

• On Peace of Soul and Love (English pdf, 383 KB; Greek pdf, 263 KB)

-by the Holy Elder Silouan the Athonite († 11 September 1938)

• “For it is a Fire Burning the Unworthy” (English pdf, 294 KB; Greek pdf, 294 KB)

-A recorded account by the Priest, Fr. Demetris Gagastathis of blessed memory (†1975)

• The Romanian Peasant Woman and the Uncreated Light (English pdf, 240 KB; Greek pdf, 69 KB)

• What is the Work of a Monk? (from the Teachings of Saint Symeon of the Wondrous Mountain) (English pdf, 325 KB; Greek pdf, 257 KB)

• Teachings of the Holy Hierarch Calinic of Cernica, Romania, to His Spiritual Children (English pdf, 315 KB; Greek pdf, 283 KB)

• The Discretion of a Chaste Woman Saves a Monk From the Double Bite of the Sensible and Noetic Snake (English pdf, 247 KB; Greek pdf, 239 KB)

• From the Life of St. Nikon "Metanoeite" (English pdf, 495 KB; Greek pdf, 273 KB)

• The Demon of Disobedience Brings About Great Afflictions (English pdf, 320 KB; Greek pdf, 253 KB)

• Human Abandonment and Godly Sorrow (English pdf, 464 KB; Greek pdf, 291 KB)

• The Demons Exploit Our Indolence (Greek pdf, 64 KB)

• If We Do Not Keep Control Over Our Flesh, We Are Deprived of the Gifts of Divine Grace (Greek pdf, 56 KB)

• “The Demons Exploit Our Indolence” (English pdf, 135 KB; Greek pdf, 64 KB)

• Hieromonk Justinian of the Monastery of Valaam: Paternal Counsels (Greek pdf, 155 KB)

• Darkened, with White Souls (Greek pdf, 73 KB)

• The Benefit of Self-Reproach (English pdf, 105 KB; Greek pdf, 73 KB)

• “Divine Providence and the Succor of the Holy Angels” (English pdf, 63 KB; Greek pdf, 87 KB)

• “Did You Get a Blessing from the Panagia?” (English pdf, 63 KB; Greek pdf, 85 KB)

• “Simplicity and Unpretentious Behavior” (Greek pdf, 65 KB)

• “The Two Divine Liturgies: The One on Earth and the One in Heaven” (English pdf, 165 KB; Greek pdf, 61 KB)

• “Counsels on Prayer by the Holy Elder Hieronymos of Aegina” (English pdf, 50 KB; Greek pdf, 77 KB; Russian pdf, 51 KB)

• “Extract from a Letter by Elder Joseph the Hesychast” (English pdf, 309 KB; Greek pdf, 114 KB)