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Monastic teachings – Монашки поуки

| July 22, 2022

~+~ The egoism that we all have in us, and is a result of the fall (apostasy), is overcome only through obedience. Otherwise, it will always keep us anchored down. Egoism is the fulfilment of passions. Passions make man egoist. A person who constantly indulges in passions, trying to satisfy them, does not think of […]

Let us look at ourselves – Father Gavril Galev

| July 21, 2022

~+~ We have interpreted this gospel reading many times previously. We have already understood the stupidity of the Gergesenes, who, for the sake of satisfying their low passions (love of pleasures), expelled Christ from their region, i.e. from themselves. With the loss of the pigs, they lost the opportunity to overeat, and the excessive consumption […]

Да се погледнеме себе – Отец Гаврил Галев

| July 20, 2022

~+~ Ова евангелие сме го толкувале многупати до сега. За глупавоста на гергесенците веќе разбравме, кои што заради задоволувањето на своите ниски страсти (сластољубие) го протерале Христос од нивниот крај т.е. од самите нив. Со загубата на свињите ја изгубиле можноста да се прејадуваат, а прекумерното конзумирање на месо бара и пиење на многу вино, […]

The Jesus Prayer – За Исусова молитва (part 2)

| May 15, 2022

~+~ Conversation between the Elder and the Student Student: It seems to me that the view of Elder Seraphim is too strict. Elder: It looks like that only when you examine it superficially. It seems like that because of the insufficient understanding of the great spiritual riches hidden within Christianity. Blessed Seraphim expressed not only his own opinion, […]

Father Gavril Galev: Do not labour for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life!

| May 8, 2022

~+~ 15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone. 16 Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, […]