For the new year, let's try and live a more Christ centered life. May the Lord bless our new year, no matter the circumstances. "Elder Ephraim did not come to America to build institutions or modernize Orthodoxy. He came in obedience, carrying the spiritual weight of Mount Athos into a world that had forgotten silence. This video reflects on his life, his struggle, and the quiet way his faith reshaped Orthodox Christianity in America, not through charisma or strategy, but through prayer, repentance, and endurance. This is not a biography. It is an invitation to reflect on what a Christ-centered life looks like in a culture built around comfort."