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“About Geronda Joseph” - Homily of Elder Ephraim at Philotheou on April 21, 1984
2 december 2025 · 35 min
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“Holy Communion & The Position of Geronda”- Homily of Elder Ephraim at Philotheou on April 3rd, 1976
2 december 2025 · 15 min
Holy Communion & The Position of Geronda- Homily of Elder Ephraim at Philotheou on April 3rd, 1976 Lees meer
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“The Philothean, the Godbearing ascetic, new missionary and the founder and father of twenty monasteries in th’ American land, let us praise with longing as the abode of unceasing prayer, silence, watchfulness; let us hasten, ye faithful, to his entreating prayers before our Lord, before our Savior the greatly compassionate.” -Troparia from the Service of Supplicatory Canon to Our Venerable and God-Bearing Father Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona, Enlightener of America and Equal to the Apostles - Who fell asleep in the Lord on the 7th of December 2019
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HOLY MEN OF MOUNT ATHOS - Life of Maximos the Hutburner by Theophanes
27 november 2025 · 1 uur 44 min
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HOLY MEN OF MOUNT ATHOS - Life of Maximos the Hutburner by Niphon
24 november 2025 · 51 min
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Saint Symeon the New Theologian - The Discourses (Chapters 5 - 36)
24 november 2025 · 11 uur 5 min
Paulist Press 1980 Lees meer
The Classics of Western Spirituality
Translated by: C.J. deCatanzaro
Chapters:
5. On Penitence
6. The Example and Spirit of Symeon the Righteous
7. On Attachment to One's Kin
8. On Perfect Love, and What it is in Action
9. On Works of Mercy
10. Perfect Holiness
11. On Fasting
12. Of Abstinence and Endurance
13. Of Christ's Resurrection
14. On Penitence and the Beginning of the Monastic Life
15. The Light of God
16. Ecstasy in the Light
17. Of Contemplation, Revelation, and the Prayer of Illumination
18. On Worthy and Unworthy Superiors
19. Symeon's Spiritual Concern
20. The Ideal Spiritual Guide
21. On Remembrance of Death
22. On Faith
23. On Penitence and the Fear of God
24. On Spiritual Knowledge
25. The Interaction of Body and Soul
26. The Day of the Monk
27. The Least of the Commandments
28. Discernment, Light, and Priesthood
29. The Heresy of Pusillanimity (Cowardice)
30. On Penitence
31. Self-Examination on the Beautitudes
32. Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
33. On Partaking of the Holy Spirit
34. Symeon's Apologia
35. The Mystical Experience of Grace in the Form of a Thanksgiving
36. In the Form of a Thanksgiving - The Threshold of Total
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Saint Symeon the New Theologian - The Discourses (Chapters 1 - 4)
24 november 2025 · 2 uur
Paulist Press 1980 Lees meer
The Classics of Western Spirituality
Translated by: C.J. deCatanzaro
Chapters:
1. Of Charity
2. To Christ Through the Beatitudes
3. Faithfulness to Monastic Vows
4. On Tears of Repentance
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HOLY MEN OF MOUNT ATHOS - Life of Niphon of Athos
18 november 2025 · 29 min
The Life of Niphon contains one important nugget of historical information, in its report of an Ottoman attach on Athos, in 1372 or 1373, that was thwarted decisively by a Venetian flotilla (Chapter 18). The treat of Turkish piracy is a relatively persistent theme in this Life, more so than Maximos, but otherwise the narrative is entirely focused on the holy man's relatively mundane interactions with the largely anonymous members of the extremely local and enclosed Athonite world that immediately surrounded him. Lees meer
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Anonymous Dialogues - Dispelling Myths Concerning the Renowned Prayer of the Heart
6 november 2025 · 8 uur
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Written by: An Anonymous Hesychast and Father Ephraim Tauck
Published by: Mount Harvard Publishing
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HOLY MEN OF MOUNT ATHOS - Life of Euthymios the Younger
22 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 46 min
HOLY MEN OF MOUNT ATHOS: Lees meer
(From the Introduction):
Life of Euthymios the Younger written by his disciple Basil, who later became a bishop near Thessalonike.
Euthymios, who became a hermit on Athos in the mid-ninth century, exemplifies the type of Byzantine monk who embraced a range of monastic experience during the course of his career and was frequently on the move: after a brief period of marriage, he took monastic vows at a cenobitic monastery on Mount Olympos in Bithynia, then moved to Athos where he lived as a hermit, spent some time on a pillar in Thessalonike as a stylite, founded a double monastery (men's & women's) at Peristerai on Mount Chortiates, and at the end of his life moved to a solitary cave on an island. He was one of the pioneers on the Holy Mountain, where he had several extended periods of residence and tried to bring some organization and more formal liturgical services to the scattered hermits who were living there before the foundation of cenobitic monasteries. Among the noteworthy features of his life is a vivid description of the three years he spent as a recluse in an Athonite cave, subsisting on foraged plants, his clothes reduced to ragged threads, at the mercy of the elements, his body ravaged by vermin. Also useful and important is Basil's detailed account of the foundation of the monastery of Saint Andrew at Peristerai, in which he was supported by generous donations from the local population. The church of the holy monastery still stands today.
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WOUNDED BY LOVE (PART 2) - The Wisdom of Saint Porphyrios
21 oktober 2025 · 7 uur 30 min
PART TWO: THE WISDOM OF ELDER PORPHYRIOS Lees meer
On the Church
On Divine Eros
On Prayer
On Spiritual Struggle
On the Monastic Life
On the Mystery of Repentance
On Love for One’s Neighbor
On Divine Providence
On the Upbringing of Children
On Dispositions of the Heart
On Creation
On Illness
On the Gift of Clear Sight
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WOUNDED BY LOVE - The Life and Wisdom of Saint Porphyrios (PART 1)
14 oktober 2025 · 3 uur 46 min
PART ONE: THE LIFE OF SAINT PORPHYRIOS Lees meer
Saint Porphyrios, a Greek hieromonk who died in 1991, stands in the long tradition of charismatic spiritual guides in the Orthodox Church which continues from the apostolic age down to figures such as Saint Seraphim of Sarov and Staretz Silouan in modern times. In this book he tells the story of his life and, in simple, deeply reflected and profoundly wise words, he expounds the Christian faith for today.
The vibrant personality of Saint Porphyrios at all times shines through his words with great transparency and charm. In his introduction to the Greek edition Bishop Irenaeus of Chania writes: 'The words of blessed Elder Porphyrios are the words of a holy Father, of a man with the gift of clear sight, who was ever retiring, humble, simple and ardent and whose life was a true and authentic witness to Christ, to His truth and to His joy. Through his presence, love, prayer, counsel and guidance he supported an untold number of people in the difficult hours of illness, mourning, pain, loss of faith and death. He is a god-bearing Father of our days, a true priest and teacher who in his ascetic way fell in love with Christ and faithfully served his fellow man.'
This book was compiled after Saint Porphyrios's death from an archive of notes and cassette recordings of his reminiscences, conversations and words of guidance, and was first published in Greek in 2003. Since its publication in English in 2005 it has been reprinted five times.
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SAINT NIKIFOROS THE LEPER & WONDERWORKER - Written by: Simon the Monk
12 augustus 2025 · 3 uur 57 min
… Stricken with leprosy, he came to see it not as a curse, but as a special favor from heaven and a personal calling from Christ, the One who sets the contest.
… the illness was destroying the members of his body—eyes, hands and feet—so that in the end he remained immobile. Yet this praiseworthy man was destroying every conceivable passion and vice, reaching blessed dispassion and perfect obedience to the will of God and to his spiritual father, becoming a man of most fervent prayer par excellence.
… his noble, broad smile preached more effectively than the strongest preacher. For this reason his cell had become a font of spiritual rebirth; it was there that both healthy and ailing people found courage.
(From the eulogy delivered by the Saint’s spiritual son, Father Evmenios) Lees meerPublished by Mr. Stamatios Frazelos and The Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Theotokos the Life Giving Spring - Dunlap, California
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An Ascetic Bishop: Stories, Sermons, and Prayers of St. Nephon
4 augustus 2025 · 5 uur 36 min
А son of а wealthy government official, St. Nephon was sent from Alexandria to Constantinople to further his studies. Having succumbed to the temptations of the great metropolis, he then pleased God with а life of deep repentance, ascetic struggles, watchfulness, and prayer. His fiery repentance cleansed his heart and he became а vessel of the Holy Spirit. He was then ordained bishop of the Church of Constantiana in Cyprus, where he distinguished himself as а shepherd of souls.
His life was generally unknown as it was only recorded in ancient Byzantine manuscripts treasured in the monasteries of the Holy Mountain Athos. This book presents the life and timeless wisdom of Saint Nephon which are especially relevant to the youth of our times. Lees meerBook available for purchase: https://stanthonysmonastery.org/products/an-ascetic-bishop-stories-sermons-and-prayers-of-st-nephon?srsltid=AfmBOopOj1PEHecK-WlYMxJVpjeD_rljfNBDzDzPECNk0LG9cOumTroB
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PSALMS AND THE LIFE OF FAITH - PART 1 - Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra
1 augustus 2025 · 5 uur 48 min
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Chapter 1. Psalm 63. Talk given by the elder to the monks of the Monastery of the Transfiguration (Meteora), on March 9, 1968.
Chapter 2. Psalm 17. Original delivery was in the spring of 1969, at the Monastery of the Transfiguration (Meteora)
Chapter 3. Psalm 110. Interpretation took place during the pre-festal period of the Nativity, on December 20, 1969, at the Monastery of the Transfiguration (Meteora).
Chapter 4. Psalm 88 . Interpretation took place on July 1, 1972, at the Monastery of the Transfiguration (Meteora)
Chapter 5. Psalm 81. Talk given by the elder at the Convent of the Holy Theodores (Meteora) on September 12, 1972.
Chapter 6. Psalm 90. Talk originally given on February 24, 1973, for the novices at the Convent of the Holy Theodores, Meteora.
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THE ELDER EUMENIOS SARIDAKIS - “The Meek and Humble of Heart”
16 juli 2025 · 4 uur 52 min
THE ELDER EUMENIOS SARIDAKIS - “ The Meek and Humble of Heart” Lees meer
Written by: Anthony Charlambos Saridakis
6th Edition Improved
Heraklion Press 2021
Translated in English in 2023 by: Fr. Nicholas Palis
To purchase a copy of this book, please contact St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite Publication Society at “SaintNikodemos@gmail.com”
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“Watchfulness: The Art of War with the Demons” - Homily delivered at Philotheou - April 25th, 1976
5 juli 2025 · 16 min
Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona: “Watchfulness: The Art of War with the Demons” Lees meer
Homily delivered at Holy Monastery Philotheou on April 25th, 1976.
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The GURUS, the YOUNG MAN, and ELDER PAISIOS by Dionysios Farasiotis
2 juli 2025 · 8 uur 52 min
Book available for purchase: https://www.sainthermanmonastery.com/The-Gurus-the-Young-Man-and-Elder-Paisios-p/guru.htm Lees meer
Translated by: Alexis Trader
Published by: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2008
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This powerful memoir tells the story of a Greek youth who, out of a desire to know the truth empirically, began to experiment in yoga, hypnotism, and various occult techniques. Eventually drawn back to the Faith of his forefathers—Orthodox Christianity—he visited the ancient monastic republic of Mount Athos in his native Greece, where he was brought to a knowledge of the Truth of Jesus Christ by the saintly Elder Paisios (1924–1994). Nevertheless, believing he had only found “part of the truth” on the Holy Mountain, he chose to give the “same opportunity” to Hindu yogis that he had given to Elder Paisios and other Orthodox monks. Thus, at the age of twenty-five, he embarked on a trip to India, where he undertook his search in the ashrams of three famous gurus, one of whom was worshipped as a god. His experiences in India, along with his subsequent encounters with Elder Paisios on Mount Athos, are recounted in the present book in vivid detail.
Popular in Greece since its first publication there in 2001, The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios is a page-turning narrative of both outward adventures and inward struggles. What stands out most in this book, however, is the radiant image of Elder Paisios, possessed of divine gifts, laboring in prayer for his fellow man, and overflowing with unconditional love. Through this, one sees the uncreated Source of the elder’s love and of the author’s spiritual transformation: the true God-man Jesus Christ, Who honors man’s personal freedom while drawing him, through love, into everlasting union with Himself.
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“On the Holy Name of Christ” - Homily delivered by Elder Ephraim at Philotheou on March 16th, 1988
29 juni 2025 · 40 min
“Keep the prayer and it will get you out of all your difficulties” -St Joseph the Hesychast and Cave-dweller Lees meer
Homily delivered at H.M. Philotheou, Athos on March 16th, 1988.
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Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona: “The Mystery of Prayer”
28 juni 2025 · 25 min
Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona: “The Mystery of Prayer” - Homily delivered at H.M. Philotheou, Athos on November 30th, 1976. Lees meer
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Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona: “On Prayer and Memory of Death” - Homily delivered at Philotheou on July 25th, 1989
24 juni 2025 · 37 min
Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona: “On Prayer and Memory of Death” - Homily delivered at Philotheou on July 25th, 1989. Lees meer
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Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona: “About Geronda Joseph and the Synodia” - Homily delivered at Philotheou on August 10, 1984
24 juni 2025 · 24 min
Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona: “About Geronda Joseph and the Synodia” - Homily delivered at Philotheou on August 10, 1984 Lees meer
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Apostasy and Antichrist
18 juni 2025 · 1 uur 51 min
Apostasy and Antichrist Lees meer
Written by: Archimandrite Panteleimon
Published by: Holy Trinity Monastery - Jordanville, N.Y. 1978
Translated by: Deacon Lev Puhalo & Vasili Novakshonoff
1. The Visible Universe as a Revelation about the Creator
2. Creation
3. The Miracle of Light
4. A New Babylon
5. The Kingdom of Heaven
6. The Invisible World
7. Satan and his Angels
8. The Beginning of the End of the World
9. The Appearance of Antichrist
10. The Epoch of Antichrist
11. Two Prophets
12. The Third Period
13. The Conversion of the Jews
14. The Last Judgement
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"On the Tears of the Most Holy Theotokos" - Homily delivered at Philotheou on January 26th, 1987
16 juni 2025 · 37 min
Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona: Lees meer
"On the Tears of the Most Holy Theotokos"
Homily delivered at the Holy Monastery of Philotheou on January 26th, 1987.
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"The Dreadful Hour of Death" - Homily delivered at H.M. Philotheou, Mt. Athos Novermber 11th, 1984
16 juni 2025 · 21 min
Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona: Lees meer
"The Dreadful Hour of Death"
Homily delivered at H.M. Philotheou, Mt. Athos Novermber 11th, 1984
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PENTECOST (Excerpt from The Feasts of the Lord by Met. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)
8 juni 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
The Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the Twelve Feasts and Orthodox Christology Lees meer
Chapter 12: Pentecost (pages 307-333)
Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos
Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece
Translated by: Esther Williams
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THE AUTHENTIC SEAL - PART 2 - Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra, Mount Athos
5 juni 2025 · 5 uur 15 min
Spiritual Instruction and Discourses - Volume 2 - Part 2 Lees meer
The Authentic Seal - Ormylia Publishing 1999
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PART 2:
1. Catechism on Prayer, 2. Papa-Dimitris Gagastathis, 3. Martyrdom: A Fundamental Element of Orthodox Monasticism, 4. Athonite Life and Human Society, 5. The Prayer of the Holy Mountain: Yesterday and Today, 6. Saint Nicholas: Our Herald to God, 7. The Ease of Violence and the Violence of Ease, 8. Orthodox Spirituality and the Technological Revolution, 9. The Benediction of the Saints of Athos on the Land of Macedonia, 10. Walk in Newness, 11. Elder Sophrony of Essex
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ANCESTRAL SIN - According to the Spoken Teaching of Father John Romanides - VOL 2
3 juni 2025 · 16 min
Empirical Dogmatics of the Orthodox Catholic Church According to the Spoken Teaching of Father John Romanides VOLUME 2: Holy Trinity - Creation - Fall - Incarnation - Church - Life After Death Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos of Nafpaktos Lees meer
Birth of the Theotokos Monastery (Pelagia) - Levadia, Greece
Excerpt from: Part 3 - The Fall: Chapter 2 - Ancestral Sin(pages 172-178)
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THE DIVINE ASCENSION (Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos - The Feasts of the Lord)
28 mei 2025 · 1 uur 7 min
From: The Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the Twelve Feasts and Orthodox Christology Lees meer
Chapter 11: The Divine Ascension
Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece
Translated into English: Esther Williams
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What the Holy Bible Says About Carnal Sins - Stavrovouni Monastery
23 mei 2025 · 2 uur 33 min
End Times Publishing 2024 Lees meer
For many years, the Venerable Holy Monastery of Stavrovouni in Cyprus, a Spiritual Lighthouse and stronghold of Orthodoxy, has been publishing the theological and patristic worthy periodical entitled THE LIFE-GIVING CROSS.
With the permission and blessing of the Holy Monastery, we [Orthodox Kypseli] have deemed it particularly appropriate to republish a serious study in a special issue on the destructive rise of carnal sins and unnatural deviations.
It is now published to protect all who want to be saved from the fiery blaze of carnal perdition.
After God, we express our warm gratitude to the toilsome, venerable Fathers of the Monastery for their practical love for the people of God. Their contribution is significant for the correct information, spiritual armor, and achievement of evangelical and patristic spirituality in the times of the great general apostasy, insensitivity, and unrepentance that we have become, not excluding most so-called Orthodox Christians. (From the Introduction)
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Ascetics in the World - Volume 1 (Part 2)
22 mei 2025 · 4 uur 48 min
Part 2 - Chapters 16: Eldress Anna - Chapter 45: A young boy with a gift of clairvoyance Lees meer
Dedicated: “To the known and unknown martyrs of Christ”
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Published by: St Nikodemos the Hagiorite Publication Society and The Sacred Hermitage of St. John the Forerunner, Metamorphosis, Chalcidice Greece
The Holy Mountain 2008
Translated in English by: Fr. Nicholas Palis
Edited by: Rev. Theodore Petrides
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Ascetics in the World - Volume 1 (Part 1)
22 mei 2025 · 4 uur 59 min
Published by: St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite Publication Society & The Sacred Hermitage of St. John the Forerunner (Metamorphosis, Chalcidice Greece) Lees meer
Translated in English by: Fr. Nicholas Palis
Edited by: Rev. Theodore Petrides
In the noetic firmament of our Church, many brilliant starts (in other words, familiar saints), belong to the ranks of the laity. Aside from the martyrs and the neomartyrs, the majority of whom were lay people, there are also many lay saints.
Hence, sanctity is not the exclusive privilege of monks and priests but it is, rather, possible for every Christian who has correct Faith, repentance and a mindset to struggle.
In this collection, we present biographies of people who lived in various parts of Greece and other countries, and from various times, the Turkish occupation down to today. They were of different ages, races and states (clergymen or laypeople, family men or pay monastics). They each had their character and their personal struggle, but they also had some common characteristics between them: strong faith and great love for Christ.
Today, especially we have need of such bright examples. Now that another type of person is being formulated, a selfish and egocentric one, the showcasing and imitation of these graceful souls will help strengthen out lay ascetic tradition. By living it we may return to our original beauty, as we were first created, and re-depict the true image of man, which unfortunately, is buried in the passions and justifications of our contemporary fleshly people. So be it. – Prologue -
Saint Joseph the Hesychast - Letters & Poems (Part 2)
22 mei 2025 · 8 uur 22 min
Part 2: Letters 60 - 148 & Poems 1 - 10 Lees meer
Addendum & Chronology of Significant Events
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Published by: Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi 2023 - Holy Mountain Series - 1
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Saint Joseph the Hesychast - Letters & Poems (Part 1)
22 mei 2025 · 9 uur 8 min
Part 1: Introduction - Letter 59 Lees meer
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Published by: Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi 2023 - Holy Mountain Series - 1
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The letters of Saint Joseph the Hesychast, already well known to the world since their publication in the book Monastic Wisdom, are for the first time now available exactly as they were written by the Saint himself from his small hesychastic cave on Mount Athos. The book contains a lengthy introduction on the life of Saint Joseph, poems published for the first time in English, as well as many new unpublished letters available to us through the publishing efforts of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi.
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Without Being Crucified We Will Not Be Resurrected We Will Not Be Glorified
21 mei 2025 · 5 uur 4 min
Holy Bishopric of Morphou Lees meer
Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou
Editions Theomorphou - Nicosia 2024 https://www.immorfou.org.cy
“Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.” — Psalm 19:4
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"The time has come when everything will be humbled... they will be humbled so they can be crucified, to be resurrected and glorified again in Orthodox manner in all the earth. Since we don't have an "ethnic or national" God, but the Trinitarian God, the God of the entire world, Who wants the apostolic faith of the Orthodox to try the faith or lack thereof of all of us -leaders and populace- in our days. Because Christ needs His own people now, to create "the new crew of His ship", as St Porphyrios the Kafsokalyvia used to say. What is the ship of Christ? It's the Orthodox Church. That is the ship of Christ. And Christ has decided to clear the crew of His ship, which is not only you simple Christians, but the priests, the bishops, the patriarchs, and the civil authorities. Now we will all take exams. Let us, with the Holy Spirit -the Spirit of Truth- struggle to cleanse ourselves through repentance, to pass from the unnatural to the natural, and to reach the supernatural, which our Orthodox Church wants to give us -and not only to us but to every well-intentioned person, European or not. Because the one and only truth of the Orthodox faith is that which frees man from sin, from deception, from death, and from the devil... And because we love the man but not the sin, we love Europe more than people realize! Freedom from sin and the atheism of Europe will help the whole world; and this will come through the brightness of Orthodoxy which will come after the events -the painful and pedagogical events- that we're living through and will live through."
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Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian): The Second Part, Chapters 4-41
21 maart 2025 · 5 uur 22 min
In 1983 a complete manuscript of the second part of The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian, hitherto only partially known, was discovered in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and Chapters 4-41 of these new texts are edited and translated here for the first time by Sebastian Brock. Lees meer
Series Title: Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium
Publisher: Peeters
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The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian
18 maart 2025 · 4 uur 20 min
The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian Lees meer
Written by: Niketas Stetatos
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Harvard University Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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The Life was written more than thirty years after Symeon’s death by his disciple and apologist the theologian Niketas Stethatos, who also edited all of Symeon’s spiritual writings. An unusually valuable piece of Byzantine hagiography, it not only presents compelling descriptions of Symeon’s visions, mystical inspiration, and role as a monastic founder, but also provides vivid glimpses into the often bitter and unpleasantly conflicted politics of monasticism and the construction of sanctity and orthodoxy at the zenith of the medieval Byzantine Empire. Although the many volumes of Symeon’s spiritual writings are now readily available in English, the present translation makes the Life accessible to English readers for the first time. It is based on an authoritative edition of the Greek.
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(Excerpt) Hermits of Karoulia from Anchored in God: Life, Art, Thought on the Holy Mountain of Athos
16 maart 2025 · 31 min
“Hermits of Karoulia” (pages 179-195) Lees meer
From: Anchored in God: An Inside Account of Life, Art, and Thought on the Holy Mountain of Athos
Written by: Constantine Cavarnos
Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Belmont, Massachusetts 1975, 2020 (Second Printing)
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God, Where is the Wound? Healing Remedies for Today’s World (Part 1)
14 maart 2025 · 5 uur 24 min
By: Mother Siluana Lees meer
Published by Sebastian Press
LECTURE I
Prayer Teaches Us
Questions and Answers
LECTURE II
The Suffering of the Soul in Relationships
LECTURE III
Health, Illness, Healing and Salvation through Jesus Christ
Questions and Answers
The book God, Where is the Wound? is the transcription of three conferences held by Mother Siluana in 2012. The book is an image of living faith, detailed, easy to understand and to be put into practice.
God, Where is the Wound? is an astonishing unveiling of the living Orthodox faith in a language that is very accessible to people in today’s world, who will discover a faith that is true and dynamic, perfectly adapted to the needs and experiences of our age, showing a way of life that brings healing.
Mother Siluana uses concepts from modern science to facilitate the understanding of everyday experiences that all readers can identify with.
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THE AUTHENTIC SEAL - PART 1 - Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra, Mount Athos
27 februari 2025 · 4 uur 40 min
Spiritual Instruction and Discourses - Vol. 1 Lees meer
The Authentic Seal - Ormylia Publishing 1999.
Holy Cenobium of the Annuciation of the Mother of God, Ormylia (Halkidiki) Greece
PART 1:
1. Means of Effecting the Renewal and Renaissance of the Monastic Ideal, 2. Study of the Way of Restoring the Old Canonical Administration of the Holy Monasteries and especially the Principle of the Cenobium, 3. Paper: On the Preparation of an Internal Regulation for the Holy Monasteries of the Church of Greece, 4. On the Installation of the Monastic Sisterhood of the Holy Cenobium in the Monastery of Saints Theodore in Meteora, 5. Addresses delivered during the Enthronement Ceremony at the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras, 6. Monastic Life: The House of God and the Gate of Heaven, 7. A Choir Equal to the Angels, 8. Regulations Of the Holy Cenobium of the Annuciation Ormylia, Halkidiki
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Now is the Judgement of this World
16 februari 2025 · 20 min
The Holy Mountain and Paris Today, continued. Lees meer
“Now is the Judgement of this World”
Selected Writings, Vol. 3 (pages 232-244)
Archimandrite Vasileios of Iveron, Mount Athos.
Alexander Press/Sebastian Press 2022
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The Holy Mountain and Paris Today
16 februari 2025 · 17 min
Archimandrite Vasileios, Former Abbot of Iveron Monastery, Mount Athos Lees meer
Selected Writings, Vol. 3: Monastic Life Today and Liturgical Theology - pages 221-231
Alexander Press/Sebastian Press 2022
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(Discussion) The Christian in a Changing World: Monasticism and the New Realities of Life
16 februari 2025 · 1 uur 30 min
First delivered as a talk with the subsequent discussion at the Fourth Orthodox Youth Conference at Panagia Soumela Monastery, Verroia, Greece, on July 17-22, 1989. Lees meer
Selected Writings Vol. 3 Archimandrite Vasileios of Iveron - Discussion: Pages 160-205
Alexander Press/Sebastian Press 2022.
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The Christian in a Changing World: Monasticism and the New Realities of Life
16 februari 2025 · 28 min
From: Archimandrite Vasileios, former Abbot of Iveron Monastery - Selected Writings Vol. 3 Monastic Life Today and Liturgical Theology (Alexander Press/Sebastian Press) 2022. Lees meer
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The Meaning of Typikon by Archimandrite Vasileios of Iveron
12 februari 2025 · 14 min
Written by: Archimandrite Vasileios - Former Abbot of Iveron Monastery, Mount Athos Lees meer
From: Selected Writings, Vol. 3 - Monastic Life Today and Liturgical Theology - Page 135 “The Meaning of Typikon”
Published by: Alexander Press/Sebastian Press 2022
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Monastic Life as True Marriage
12 februari 2025 · 37 min
Archimandrite Vasileios, former Abbot of Iveron Monastery, Mount Athos Lees meer
Selected Writings, Vol. 3 - Monastic Life Today and Liturgical Theology (Alexander Press 2022)
Book available for purchase in the U.S. from publisher Sebastian Press:
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Beauty and Hesychia in Athonite Life
10 februari 2025 · 16 min
Archimandrite Vasileios, former Abbot of Iveron Monastery, Mount Athos Lees meer
Selected Writings, Vol. 3 - Monastic Life Today and Liturgical Theology (Alexander Press 2022)
Book available for purchase in the U.S. from publisher Sebastian Press - https://sebastianpress.org/archimandrite-vasileios-selected-writings/
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ABBA ISAAC the SYRIAN: An APPROACH to HIS WORLD by Archimandrite Vasileios of Iveron, Mount Athos
7 februari 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
Archimandrite Vasileios, Former Abbot of Iveron Monastery, Mount Athos Lees meer
Selected Writings
Volume 2: The Light of Christ Shines Upon All
Chapter 5: Abba Isaac the Syrian: An Approach to His World
Pages 153-191
Alexander Press/Sebastian Press
2022
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ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM and MONASTICISM by Archimandrite Vasileios of Iveron
7 februari 2025 · 25 min
Archimandrite Vasileios - Former Abbot of Iveron Monastery, Mount Athos Lees meer
Selected Writings
Volume 2: The Light of Christ Shines Upon All
“St John Chrysostom and Monasticism”
Chapter 4 / Pages 137-152
Alexander Press/Sebastian Press
2022
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The Ease of Violence and the Violence of Ease
26 januari 2025 · 14 min
(Excerpt) “The Ease of Violence and the Violence of Ease” Lees meer
Archimandrite Aimilianos, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras
Spiritual Instruction and Discourses - Vol. I
The Authentic Seal
Ormylia Publishing 1999
Holy Cenobium of the Annunciation of the Mother of God
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Beauty Will Save the World: An Athonite View
25 januari 2025 · 37 min
(Excerpt) “Beauty Will Save the World: An Athonite View” Lees meer
Archimandrite Vasileios, Former Abbot of Iveron Monastery, Mount Athos
Selected Writings Vol. III: Monastic Life Today and Liturgical Theology
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