Author: Abbot Tryphon

“Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land!” — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

The Lord does not allow anything beyond our power of endurance, to afflict us.

Step by Step, Progress is Made We can feel discouraged when we struggle to change our bad behaviors, or overcome sins that seem to follow us like bad debt. We feel overwhelmed and wonder if we’ll ever have victory. During times like these it is good to remember the words

The same old sins? This is your chance to change.

When Prayer Becomes Dry When we find ourselves struggling with prayer, and feel that it has become dry and lifeless, we are sometimes tempted to stop praying. When our prayer has become a struggle, it is good to remember that God knows our needs, and even knows what we want

In our struggle on the path to God, repentance must be the central theme.

Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature Although our regeneration began with baptism, our repentance opens the gates to grace after grace. Repentance is the second regeneration in that through our repentance, the door to the mercy of God opens wide. In being regenerated by God’s mercy, we are justified before

Fleeting Joy If we do not see the fleetingness of the happiness of this world we will one day find its bitterness. Only in the Kingdom of God, which is within, can we find the joy that is of an everlasting nature, a joy that penetrates our very soul and