“The two months that I stayed were sufficient to discover Grace as our Fathers describe it. A vigilant life is an indispensable condition and especially the crushing of self-will, but
pure prayer is the chief requirement. I was praying alone in my cell in the method I had learned from the Elder together my nous. Suddenly, I felt as if the area across from me
had opened up and three human figures appeared. Such love flooded my soul that I spontaneously embrace the one in the middle. The sensation convinced me that it was Christ with two Angels but I can’t really describe what occurred or what I felt.”
Elder Ephraim of Katounakia
~Obedience is Life