The Resurrection of Christ is the most significant event to take place in History. It is the event that differentiates Christianity from every other religion. Other religions have mortal leaders, whereas the Head of the Church is the Resurrected Christ. “Resurrection...
Perhaps the greatest trial of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos happened when he was still a child The Saint once said, “From the age of eleven, I read the lives of the Saints. Fasted and kept vigil older brother would take the books and hide them, but that didn’t stop me....
We need to understand that the first thing we need is the healing of the distortion of our will .and, connected to this, the healing of our loneliness. will is distorted because it continually tries to seek perfection outside of God. In fact, this is the fall of...
Mount Athos the wall-paintings of Apocalypse Dionisiou monastery. The monastery is built along the western coast of the peninsula on a rocky cliff high above the sea and overlooking a deep wooded ravine. In 1535, the monastery was swept by fire destroying it....
Mount Athos the Major Skete of St. Anne’s. St. Anne’s Skete (or, less commonly, The Major Skete of St. Anne’s) is one of four sketes attached to the Great Lavra of Mount Athos. It a Greek idiorrhythmic (hermitage-style) skete consisting of fifty one kalyvae and it is...
