PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

When the Word Lives but the Man Remains Unknown “If we seek glory among men, we lose the glory that comes from God.” — Apophthegmata Patrum ⸻ A brother came to Abba Arsenius and said: “Father, something troubles me. The words of the Gospel and the fathers have begun to open to me in a way I had not known before. When I speak of these things with others, they seem helped by them. And yet outwardly nothing has changed. I remain hidden. I have no clear place. Nothing is establis