We have no patience and we crave for a quick & easy 'recipe' for salvation

Preparing for Battle – How to use our moments of peace to survive the DARK times

How to turn a negative in a positive. Changing darkness into Grace

WHY DO I ALWAYS SIN and WILL I EVER STOP? Will I ever be FREE of my sin?

Helping ourselves and our children to love Christ

When someone we love dies. We LIVE and DIE with the ones we love.

For the weak. For the ill. For the sinner. The TREASURE of your prayer.

Your BODY is not your ENEMY. Your body is a GIFT from God and a TOOL for your salvation.

What I've learnt from St Sophrony (Sakharov) of Essex. Monk and Artist – the MONUMENTAL Saint

Saint Thaney. From Rape and Abuse to Love and Holiness.

How to get to PERSONAL PRAYER? Can I pray with MY OWN WORDS?

My first experience of prayer as a boy, during Communism. Dedicated to our Grandmothers.

Fr Seraphim Aldea and Mull Monastery - this time, we talk about ourselves

How to BE PRESENT. How to let go of the Past & how to live in the Present

PRAYER BY NIGHT. How to keep nighttime vigil and how to pray during the night. 'KEEP WATCH AND PRAY'

Night Prayer - FIRST PRACTICAL STEPS. How to pray at night & What to do when prayer doesn't come?

Temptations against night prayer (1) - DESPONDENCY

Don't expect others to do what is UP TO YOU (& a brief update about the Monastery)

EVIL THOUGHTS and IMAGES when we pray. Why do we get ATTACKED BY BAD THOUGHTS when we begin to pray?

Demonic attacks during prayer. What the Fathers teach us about fighting against them.

Sola Scriptura, Icons, Prayer to Saints and the Mother of God: Questions from our Protestant Friends

A moment of Grace

Our TRUE WORTH. The FULL POTENTIAL of our Humanity (On Icons and Flesh)

The EVIL of Politics and the BATTLE for our ONENESS in Christ. US elections and human brokenness.

Monastic Obedience for Lay People: THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS.

Is there a CHRISTIAN VOTE? Can there be Christian Elections? Christians and Voting.

HOW TO FAST versus HOW NOT TO FAST. The Desert Fathers on fasting, obedience and humility.

FAST TO BREAK FREE from the tyranny of our nothingness AND TO STRENGTHEN the Divine Image in us

THE RULES OF FASTING: AN EMPTY STOMACH versus A GOOD HEART?

Asceticism: the True Emancipation of our Bodies. Are our Bodies Evil? East versus West

A day in the life of a monk. But mostly about Thanksgiving and Gratitude for the Beauty of Orthodoxy

HOW TO PRAY WHEN YOU FEEL DEAD INSIDE, when you have NO MORE STRENGTH, NO HOPE, NO WILL left in you

HOW TO PRAY WHEN THERE IS NO LIFE IN YOU. HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO LIFE, BACK TO CHRIST?

THE PRAYER ROPE: tool for the Jesus Prayer. How WORK UNDER OBEDIENCE can save an empty, fallen soul

THE EVIL WHISPERS OF THE DEVIL: SLANDER and GOSSIP. ARE WE MURDERING THE SAINTS OF CHRIST?

DID GOD 'CHOOSE' US FOR HEAVEN OR HELL? Is our FREE WILL worth anything? On PREDESTINATION and LOVE.

DO I NEED A PRAYER RULE? What about a SPIRITUAL FATHER?

HAVE PATIENCE WITH YOURSELF! GIVE YOURSELF THE TIME AND THE CHANCE TO GROW SPIRITUALLY

SHOW YOUR LOVE, ACT IT OUT! Put 'the other one' above yourself & MANIFEST YOUR LOVE THIS CHRISTMAS!

Don't deny your doubts and your struggles. BE WHO-YOU-ARE before Christ, so He may save who-you-are.

DEAD TO THE WORLD = THE BEGINNING OF LIFE

THE FIRE IN US. HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN & WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FOLLOW CHRIST? What IS a Christian?

STAY IN THE FIGHT! ON STABILITY AND GROWING SPIRITUAL ROOTS

AM I TOO LATE? AM I TOO SLOW? AM I TOO SINFUL? When the Saints depress us with their perfection.

SUFFERING MINDS. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PAIN AROUND US.

FIGHT FOR YOUR JOY. FIGHT FOR YOUR LOVE. LISTEN TO YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL: LOVE WILL SHOW YOU GOD.

A VISION OF OUR FUTURE & THE END OF THE WORLD: THE GREATEST DANGER & THE GREATEST HOPE.

AFRAID OF CHANGE? THEN YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID TO PRAY.

HOW DO I DRAG MYSELF OUT OF SIN AND BACK TO PRAYER? HOW SOON CAN I ASK FOR GOD'S FORGIVENESS?

THE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE CYCLE OF SHAME, DESPAIR AND PRIDE

A NIGHT IN THE TENT, WONDERING: WHY DO WE LOSE GOD'S GIFTS TO US? WE FORGET WHAT WE DON'T USE.

HOW TO GO DEEPER DURING LENT. A HEART'S SECRET WITH GOD & THE COURSES OF OUR THOUGHTS.

Mental struggle, Sin and Judgement. A lesson from the trees on the coast.

A joyful heart & the struggle to see goodness in all: gifts from St Paisius & St John of the Ladder

TO REPENT is TO CHANGE. The essence of Lent: from death to the Resurrection through Repentance.

TOTAL FAST. What is it? How to keep it & what are the spiritual benefits of total fasting?

ADDICTED TO HAPPINESS. HOW OUR ADDICTION TO HAPPINESS RUINS OUR LIFE.

1 YEAR OF PANDEMIC: THE DEVIL'S TEST FOR THE WORLD (PLUS: 1 YEAR OF YOUTUBE FOR THE MONASTERY!)

WHAT IS GOD'S WILL FOR US? HOW DO WE DISCERN THE WILL OF GOD? HOW DO WE HEAR GOD'S VOICE?

MONASTICISM OR MARRIAGE? A MATTER OF FAITH AND MAD LOVE, NOT LOGICAL INVESTIGATION.

GOD'S 'OBSESSION' WITH LUST. DOES GOD EVEN CARE? (THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR BODIES AND THEIR PASSIONS)

THIS CONFUSION COMPROMISES OUR FIGHT AGAINST LUST: IS MY BODY A GATE FOR DEMONS OR A GATE FOR GOD?

MIND, HEART & BODY: THREE ENTRY GATES FOR LUST

HOW TO FIGHT AGAINST LUST

LIKE A PARALYSED MAN ON THE ROOF OF A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN

HABITUAL SIN. How to move forward

A FALL TOO FAR? SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL between our two brains: the faithful and the sinner.

'I fear my marriage is failing'—Marriage as a tool in the hands of Christ.

I SUFFER FROM ANXIETY & LOW SELF-ESTEEM. All I want is to love and be loved.

Why it is impossible to stop sinning in this generation

REMEMBER THE DEVIL! His eyes are fixed on us with endless hatred.

Evil thoughts and bad habits — how to break free

Fasting for God opens our spiritual sight

Don't hide YOU from Christ

Don't let the expectations of others define you

HABITUAL SIN: sometimes it's better just to ignore it

How to survive when your faith is dying. How to cross that spiritual desert

A daily exorcism. How to battle demonic influences from hearts and minds