St Macarius of Optina Letters. Letters to laity. Letter 445 St. Macarius of Optina Highly esteemed in the Lord N.N., I have received ...

Lives of Athonite ascetics. Elder Fr. Nicodemus, a Greek († 1867). Once his cell was covered with snow so that he could not leave it. To su...

Apophthegmata Patrum translated by St Theophan the Recluse. 40. The same Elder both in order to prove the virtues of the law and to teach us...

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov). "On Prelest". On Guarding Oneself from the Good That Belongs to Fallen Human Nature. St. Ignatiu...

Valaam Elder Schema-Hegumen John (Alexeev) Schema-hegumen John (Alexeev) 4.1956 New Valamo Letter 158 Honorable in Christ… I receiv...

Lives of Athonite ascetics. Elder Haji-Georgis, a Greek († 1886). One day Haji-Georgis, upon temptation of demons, has left his elder, the d...

Hieroschemamonk Sergius (Vesnin). “Letters of an Athonite”. Hieroschemamonk Sergius (Vesnin) Only self-willed people are affected by spi...

Elder Mikhail (Pitkevitch) (1877-1962) Hieroschemamonk Mikhail (Pitkevich). "Conversations with S.N.Bolshakov. Second Conversation...

New Patericon of Mt Athos. Vol. 2. Stories about asceticism About elder Isichios of Grigoriou Monastery A bishop from Romania asked Elder ...

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov). "On Prelest". About Discretion in Reading the Patristic Books on the Monastic Life St. Ignatius ...

St Isaac of Syria, The Ascetical Homilies, Homily 2. The beginning of mind derangement (when it becomes visible in the soul) is to be seen...

Archimandrite Ephraim of Arizona (1928-2019). From the "Homily on Remembrance of Death". Elder Ephraim of Arizona (1928-2019) ...

Letters of Valaam elder John (Alexeev) 15.11.1954 New Valamo Letter 118 Schema-hegumen John (Alexeev) Honoured in Christ N. I have ...

St. Theophan the Recluse, "Letters". St. Theophan the Recluse Beware of spiritual deception! You really have to. But avoid ...

Letters of Valaam Elder Hegumen John (Alexeev). Letter 303. 19.2.1950 Most God-loving M.N.! Schema-hegumen John (Alexeev) Christ is in...

St Ignatius (Brianchaninov), ‘Otechnik’ (a collection of sayings from the Holy Fathers) One Elder told this story: ‘Our fathers used to vis...

  From the Vita of St Vassian the Blind (Balashevitch) (1745 - 1827) One day a merchant who was not only a businessman but also took some pa...

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov). "On Prelest". About Animal and Spiritual Zeal. St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) A monk must surely ...

Letters of schema-hegumen John (Alexeev) Letter 100 Schema-hegumen John (Alexeev) 7.6.1954 The most God-loving handmaid of God T. I w...

Questions to Schema-archimandrite Abraham (Reidman) after his conversation about delusion in the Gospel . Question. What does it mean to ...

Schema-archimandrite Abraham (Reidman). "Good part. Conversations with cloisterers. Conversation 44. About delusion". Schema-a...

Elder Joseph the Hesychast. "Monastic wisdom". Letter 36. (complete letter) Elder Joseph the Hesychast (1897 - 1959) May th...

Bishop Panteleimon (Shatov), Chairman of the Synodal Department of Church Charity and Social Service. Bishop Panteleimon (Shatov) At co...

From the letters of the Venerable elder Leo of Optina. St. Leo of Optina We will not be afraid if we have to struggle after the confess...

From the biography of the Venerable Anthony of Optina. St. Anthony of Optina Anthony of Optina imperceptibly led everyone to getting c...

Hegumen Nektariy (Morozov). Pseudo-eldership: where does it come from and how not to get caught by it? Not to replace the Lord Hegumen N...

From the letters of the Venerable elder Ambrose of Optina. St. Ambrose of Optina It is useful to confess everything with self-reproach,...

Monk Konstantin. “From conversations with the Caucasian hermit”. Question: How to distinguish correct, saving work of faith from delusional...

Archimandrite Markell (Pavuk), confessor of Kiev Theological Schools - Father, what is spiritual delusion? Where does it come from? - In R...

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie). "What pride is and what it is born of". Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie) Brother: Rev. ...

Venerable elder Macarius of Optina. "A warning to those reading spiritual books of the holy fathers and wishing to practice the noe...

Archimandrite Ioannicius (Kotsonis). "Athonite Paterikon". Many years ago, on the southern outskirts of Katunaki, there lived...

Archbishop Theophan (Bystrov). "Letters". 78. To Archbishop Averky (Taushev) (?) A request for blessing to become a monk. ...

"The Great Watch". The cell notes of Hieromonk Jerome. Once he [the monk Paisius] came to me for confession and said: “Father...

Patriarch Callistus and Ignatius of Xanthopoulos. "Directions to hesychasts, in a hundred chapters". 73. More on imaginings an...

St Peter of Damaskos. "Book II. Twenty-Four Discourses". XI. Discrimination. It is excellent to seek advice about everything, ...

St. Peter of Damaskos. "Book II. Twenty-Four Discourses". X. Humility. The truly humble man never ceases to reproach himself, ...

Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov). "On Prelest". On Living According to the Advice. St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) The previous...

Hegumen Mark (Lozinsky). "The patericon of the preacher." In the early 1870s, someone from the “white” deacons, father Joasaph...

A story included only in English edition of "My Elder Joseph the Hesychast". Only once in his life did Elder Joseph not wake u...