St. Paisios of Mt. Athos: ‘Don’t sit at the crossroads. Choose a cross…’

In his edifying little patericon, 'Athonite Fathers and Athonite Matters', Elder Paisios (who was officially entered into the calendar of saints a year ago, on January 13, 2015) presents "the lives of Athonite fathers who were vessels of divine grace and lived approximately in the period from 1840-1980. As a conclusion to the book, the author …

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Am I Called to the Monastic Life?

Here we have a very profound and important message from St John Climacus, conveyed to us by Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg), Abbot of the Monastery of St Silouan in Sonora, California. In it he reminds us that "the Christian calling  involves finding a suitable place, and suitable exercises, for living out the transformative life in the …

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