But people who believe in God should not despond, because through sorrows they receive the rights of sons, without which one cannot enter...

“The world” is the general name for all the passions. When we wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world. But...

Entrust your health to God. If your illness or the doctor imposes something on you, accept it with the hope that through it God will...

May the Lord give us all the spiritual and physical strength to survive these times. Send, O Lord, Thy mercy to every one of us....

Be meek and do not get angry, for anger is a fruit of egotism and self-will, while, on the contrary, meekness is a fruit of a humble...

We're all sinners. But everyone can become a Saint. However, people are terrified and think, “How can I read all the prayers and...

I spent my entire life in sickness and sorrows, but without sorrows, how can one be saved? Illness is sent by God in place of and to make...

"If you will have patience in difficulties, you know the Holy Spirit is within you. If you will also have the strength to be thankful in...

We must have our gaze fixed on heaven. Then nothing here can shake us. When tribulations come of their own accord, do not fear them. ...

Cling to our sweet Jesus, cry out to Him in your afflictions. Entrust to Him the care of grievous things and He will do good to you....

We do not choose the time we are to be born in this world, but we do choose how we will spend our time in this world. We choose how to...

If sickness and suffering can, and should be spiritually transcended and transfigured in Christ, and if they can constitute an ascetic...

How to behave during an illness so that it would be unto salvation. Do not panic and do not lose heart during an illness or aging. What...

Thank God for them. For - all is gift - especially unanswered prayers, because the Lord is an omniscient giver of gifts. Whether or not...

Why do men leave one place and settle in another place? Primarily because they hope that they will be more fortunate in the other place....

For every man, peace of soul is precious. From perpetual vigilance over the heart, purity is born, in which the Lord is seen according...

Saint John Chrysostom writes to Saint Olympia about how to combat depression during sickness. "What, therefore, do I say and write? ...

We encounter in Christian history, any number of holy people, faced with their own illnesses or the illnesses of those in their care, who...

My will. Your will. God's Will. In general, do not become irritated when anything is not done in accordance with your will, but learn...

I feel illness as the love of Christ. I often say to Him: ‘My Christ, Your love knows no limits!’ How I am alive is a miracle. (Offered...