Sitemap - 2023 - Sayings of the Romanian Elders

Elder Sofian: Witness Christ to the End

Mother Siluana - Who am I?

Fr. Haralambos Papadopoulos: Don't be afraid of the hell inside you, God is with you there!

Elder Cleopa: On God's judgments

Elder Proclu: I’ll Only Say One Thing

Elder Ioanichie Bălan: Who Can Give Me Joy?

Mother Siluana: How do thoughts influence depression?

Elder Sofian Boghiu: A Hesychast in the Tradition of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky

Mother Siluana: Only God's grace can make us free

Fr. Ghelasie: We cannot change ourselves

Elder Sofian: When We Put Prayer Above All Else

Mother Siluana on using the powers of our soul for healing

Elder Arsenie Papacioc on repentance and prayer

Mother Siluana on accepting reality

Fr. Rafail Noica: We Must Relearn All the Spiritual Language of the Church

Elder Sofian: The Humble Person is Like a Tree

Fr. Dumitru Staniloae (d. Oct 5, 1992): True Freedom Comes Through Prayer

New Confessor Julian Stoicescu: The Road to the Inner Jerusalem

Fr. Rafail Noica: The greatest crisis in St. Silouan's life

Elder Sofian: A Man of Presence

Elder Sofian Boghiu (d. Sep 14, 2002): Faith is Life!

Mother Siluana on the pain that helps us grow

“The Little Orphan”

Mother Siluana on the Joy that will not be taken away from us

Sparks from the Heart

Elder Sofian Boghiu: The Human Body is Just as Precious as the Soul

[Part 1] Commentary on Saint Paisius of Neamț’s Defense of Noetic Prayer

"Offering Ourselves, We Enter Into His Joy" - a new book by Mother Siluana Vlad

Fr. Constantin Galeriu (d. Aug. 10, 2003): On the suffering of those unable to love

Celebrating Saint John Jacob the New of Hozeva

Met. Serafim: How Do we Find Peace and Satisfaction?

Mother Siluana: How can we learn to love ourselves?

Mother Siluana: On the need to be recognized

Fr. Rafail Noica: I was born when I met Elder Sophrony

Mother Siluana: The strings of pain

Elder Sofian and Psalm 50

Archim. Ioanichie Balan: Twenty counsels

Elder Sofian: Speaking the Truth

Met. Athanasios of Limassol - What it really means to be a spiritual person

Mother Siluana: Take the gift of your life to the Holy Altar

Fr. Barnabas Iankos: Our life is one in the Holy Spirit

Elder Teofil Paraian: On good deeds, temptations and sins

Poem by Saint John Jacob the New of Chozeva

Mother Siluana: What should we crucify in ourselves?

Elder Sofian: How do we lay aside all worldly cares?

Mother Siluana: Pain leads us directly to our heart

The Jesus Prayer: God's Solution for Modern Life

Met. Serafim Joanta: No One is Saved Alone

Mother Siluana: On freedom of choice and knowing God's will

Met. Serafim Joanta: Finding our Heart

Fr. Simeon of Essex: Always Remember that You are Loved by God

Fr. Gheorghe Calciu: An Easter story from Aiud prison

Love to the End: Fr. Rafail Noica on the Life-Giving Cross

What is Love? Fr. Rafail Noica on Judas

Love as Life: Fr. Rafail Noica on the Hymn of Cassiani

Fr. Rafail Noica: What is Repentance?

Elder Sofian: "We are never alone, but always with God"

Fr. Symeon Kragiopoulos on self-examination

Mother Siluana Vlad: Lord, teach me to love!

Fr. Rafail Noica: Craving Fasting

Elder Iulian of Prodromos Skete († 3/10/23): How can I pray unceasingly?

Elder Cleopa: The Repentance of King Manasseh

Prison Paterikon: Elder Justin Parvu

Mother Siluana Vlad: Dealing with stress and anxiety

Fr. Gheorghe Calciu on forgiveness

Prison Paterikon: Elder Arsenie Papacioc

Elder Sofian: May the Whole World Be a 'Burning Bush' of Prayer!

Fr. Barnabas Iankos: True love liberates us

Fr. Rafail Noica: Pedagogy or Punishment?

Elder Sofian: Becoming Human

Archim. John Krestiankin (d. Feb 5, 2006): 8 Sayings on Spiritual life and Prayer

Mother Siluana Vlad: Joy comes through the cross

Elder Proclu Nicau (d. Jan 28, 2016): Fall Asleep Praying

Archim. Polycarp Chitulescu: Can young people read the Philokalia?

Fr. Rafail: "God’s love pursues a person even along inadvisable paths"

Elder Sofian: Live Simply

Met. Antonie Plamadeala: The hidden joy of those who pray

Mother Siluana Vlad: How do we make progress in our lives?

Elder Sofian: Prayer to Saint John the Baptist

Mother Maria Vulcu: "Lord, I'm in Front of a Saint!"

Elder Proclu: How to Make a Good Beginning