Ephraim of Arizona

 “Very difficult days are coming. Take care of your soul!”

+ Blessed Geronda Ephraim of Arizona and Philotheou

Elder Ephraim of Arizona

Time is continually passing; it is decreasing more and more. Every day that passes is another step toward death. We should know that even one tear of repentance is equivalent to a spiritual bath. Just as the body feels refreshed when it bathes, and just as clothes become clean when they are washed, similarly, the tears of a repentant soul purify the heart, purify the mind, purify the body, purify life, purify speech, and purify a person’s every action.

Let us kneel and pray with extreme humility! Every repentant soul is given words: it is granted enlightened prayer.