ΙΕΡΑ ΜΟΝΗ ΤΡΟΟΔΙΤΙΣΣΗΣ (HOME) ΙΕΡΑ ΜΟΝΗ ΤΡΟΟΔΙΤΙΣΣΗΣ (HOME)

Αρ. 788 (ANCIENT MAN/ FALLEN NATURE/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE) : “Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing” (Mt 6:3). : “Left”, here, means our old self; our ancient man, our fallen nature. : Let us search deeper and broaden this phrase a little: : Yes,

Αρ. 787 (CARNAL MATTERS/ TEMPTATION/ LOGISMOI (THOUGHTS)/ CHASTITY) : When you are attacked by carnal thoughts, beware lest the mind and body deceive you that this is a necessity of nature to satisfy carnal passion! If you listen to me and do not succumb, you will see, when the influence

Αρ. 786 (SPIRITUAL ZEAL/ TEMPTATION/ FALL/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE) : Today I will very briefly touch on a subtle aspect of the spiritual struggle. In various places in our Paternal Advices, we mention the related words, spiritual zeal, fervour, spiritual well-being, alertness, etc. (please search, if you wish, throughout the entire

No. 785 (PATERNAL ADVICES/ DAILY ACCOUNT/ STRUGGLE/ FALL/ DISAPPOINTMENT) : LISTEN to me, please, listen to what I write to you in the Paternal Advices, and you will be the first to immediately reap the sweet fruits of your rested consciousness and also of your spiritual progress. Your daily aim

No. 784 (GOD/ PRAYER/ MIND-NOUS) : How should we approach God and talk with Him? Somewhere it says in a Patristic text in Philokalia: "Pray immaterially to the immaterial God." That is, approach the immaterial and invisible God and speak with Him through prayer, Without imagination, without shapes or images

No. 783 (FALL/STRUGGLE/ PASSIONS/ SOBRIETY/ ATTENTION) : Please know well, that no pressure should be applied on the point where the glass has cracked; what I would like to say is that if you are susceptible to a bad habit, to a passion, avoid the slightest retreat to such a

782 (LOGISMOI-THOUGHTS/ JOY/ SADNESS) My brethren, bear in mind that our thoughts determine our lives... In other words, you are what you usually think… and you become one with what your mind dwells on and engages in… We know that "there is no evil in the world, except sin itself",

No. 781 (PROBLEM/ SADNESS/ JOY/ PRAYER) : When you face an unsolvavable problem, say in faith: "Lord Jesus Christ my Lord, at this moment my concern is not the problem that has suddenly appeared to me, but that because of it my spiritual state, my spiritual joy, my fervour and

No. 780 (FALL/ THOUGHTS-LOGISMOI) : Be careful after a fall! Do not occupy yourself with it... Do not think about it... We are, my brethren, in the first stage of the spiritual life, the stage of purification. At this, we have our ups and downs... We fall, we rise, we