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THE EVERGETINOS: Book 1 - (HYPOTHESIS 41-50)
17 januari 2025 · 2 uur 32 min
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HYPOTHESIS 41: That for those who are not prepared, it is perilous to live alone.
HYPOTHESIS 42: That we should not gainsay anyone in a contentious manner even regarding those things that are considered good, but should be subject to our neighbor in everything.
HYPOTHESIS 43: That whatever happens, happens by the justice of God; for this reason, the believer must always follow Divine Providence and must seek, not his own will, but the Will of God; for he who does or accepts all things in this manner has spiritual rest.
HYPOTHESIS 44: That humility is completely impregnable to demons, how humility is gendered, and what its power is; that humility, more than all the other virtues, is able, by itself, to save a man.
HYPOTHESIS 45: A distinctive mark of the humble man is that he blames and disparages himself and thinks that his good deeds, howsoever many and whatsoever they may be, amount to nothing; what the characteristic traits of humility are, and what are its fruits.
HYPOTHESIS 46: Concerning what profit there is in reproaching ourselves.
HYPOTHESIS 47: That we should not seek honor or desire privileges; for whatever men reckoned to be honorable is an abomination to God.
HYPOTHESIS 48: That to appear to be humble, when this is done inopportunely or excessively, is not beneficial, but harmful; how we ought to act towards those who praise us, and that praise does no harm at all to one who is attentive.
HYPOTHESIS 49: Concerning how one should use clothing, what kind, and up to what point, in order to cover the body, and how the Fathers love frugality, and their very dress; the faithful should prefer frugality and every circumstance.
HYPOTHESIS 50: That we should not do anything to gratify ourselves or do anything out of a passionate craving. -
THE EVERGETINOS: Book 1 - (HYPOTHESIS 31-40)
16 januari 2025 · 3 uur 58 min
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HYPOTHESIS 31: One who has come to the ascetic life should only be closed in monastic garb after he has been sufficiently trained in the virtues; the monastic schema is honorable, soul-profiting, and salvific.
HYPOTHESIS 32: The faithful monk should display a manner of life that is appropriate to his schema; for he does not live in conformity with his schema is not faithful; likewise, a Godly old age is not characterized by length of time, but by the way in which a man lives.
HYPOTHESIS 33: The faithful monk should eagerly accept whatever his spiritual Father suggests to him, because all such suggestions are in his interest, even if they induce distress or are arduous; for mercy is given by God for this purpose, and for the alleviation of afflictions.
HYPOTHESIS 34: We should be obedient to our superiors in the Lord, even unto death, and love and fear them.
HYPOTHESIS 35: We should be subject in simplicity to our superiors in the Lord and accept their orders as coming from God, without criticizing, examining, or correcting them, even if they do not seem for the time being to be a benefit.
HYPOTHESIS 36: What the sins of disobedience and grumbling against our teachers in the Lord are; the Christian should not object at all or justify himself, but should in all cases resist his own will and love reproof, not avoid it.
HYPOTHESIS 37: One should not condemn his teacher, even if his teacher does some things at variance with what he teaches; for many disciples have trusted themselves to negligent teachers and, not having condemned them, but remaining subject to them in the Lord, have saved themselves and have become the cause of their teachers’ salvation.
HYPOTHESIS 38: How the Grace of God often teaches those who watch over themselves and entrust themselves to His Providence what they ought to do through simple people and strangers; the humble do not refuse to learn from anyo… -
THE EVERGETINOS: Book 1 - (HYPOTHESIS 21-30)
15 januari 2025 · 3 uur 56 min
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HYPOTHESIS 21: That we must confess our thoughts to those among the fathers who are discerning and not trust them to just anyone; how we are to confess and what we should ask our confessors; what faith we should place in the answers of the fathers; and how, through this faith, we should work together with our confessors for the achievement of good.
HYPOTHESIS 22: Concerning the fact that he wishes to be saved, must avoid meetings with careless men and must avoid disturbances, and that estrangement from worldly affairs is necessary for him.
HYPOTHESIS 23: Concerning the fact that we must keep away from those who harm us, even if they are friends or are otherwise quite indispensable.
HYPOTHESIS 24: Concerning the fact that one who has renounced the world should not be entangled at all with earthly affairs, even if they seem justified, but should submit to Divine Providence in these matters also.
HYPOTHESIS 25 of 50: Concerning the fact that evil is easy, and that there are many who choose this, especially in our day; that virtue is demanding, and that there are a few who pursue it; and that we must emulate the latter and pay no heed to the majority.
HYPOTHESIS 26: Those coming to monastic life are received with much testing; those admitted after scrutiny are for the most part reliable; what tasks are entrusted to them.
HYPOTHESIS 27: Rejections of the world based on different circumstances should not be wholly turned aside; we should not immediately dismiss someone who comes to the the monastic community and fervently seeks to remain with the brethren, before we have examined him in detail.
HYPOTHESIS 28: From what point we should begin a life of asceticism; all who start need patience and need to put pressure on themselves, since virtual appears difficult at the beginning, o… -
THE EVERGETINOS: Book 1 - (HYPOTHESIS 11-20)
14 januari 2025 · 3 uur 1 min
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HYPOTHESIS 11: How, after death, souls are assigned to the same place as those souls which lived in a similar way on earth.
HYPOTHESIS 12: God-loving parents should rejoice and be thankful for the trials and temptations that their children endure for the sake of the Lord. As well, parents who love God should exhort their children to struggle and to risk all for the sake of virtue.
HYPOTHESIS 13: How one renouncing the world should go to a remote place; what constitutes a remote place and what benefit derives from it; and what places are most appropriate for living out the ascetic life.
HYPOTHESIS 14: From whence the fear and love of God are first engendered in man and to what extent he is obliged to fear and love God.
HYPOTHESIS 15: It is essential for those who have abandoned the world not to communicate with their relatives according to the flesh or to nurture the slightest interest in them.
HYPOTHESIS 16: We must love our relatives in the flesh equally with our other brothers, as long as our relatives lead a similar kind of life; if, however they conduct themselves in a way discordant with that of our brothers, we must avoid them as harmful.
HYPOTHESIS 17: How we who becomes a monk must bare himself of all things, and how he must dispose of everything which belongs to him. That the existence of personal property for a monk in a coenobitic monastery is clearly disastrous.
HYPOTHESIS 18: It is necessary for one who wishes to be saved to seek the company of virtuous people and, as a thing much beneficial, to question them with exceeding desire and flaming zeal, so as to learn from all those things which are essential for the salvation of the soul.
HYPOTHESIS 19: Regarding the necessity of obedience: what benefits arise from it and how a man accomplishes it.
HYPOTHESIS 20: That one should not trust in himself i… -
THE EVERGETINOS: Book 1 - (HYPOTHESIS 1-10)
14 januari 2025 · 3 uur 46 min
THE EVERGETINOS: A Complete Text - Book 1
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HYPOTHESIS 1: No one should despair ever, even if he has committed many sins, but should have hope that, through repentance, he shall be saved.
HYPOTHESIS 2: As long as we are in the present life, we must do good here and not delay until the future. For after death we cannot set things aright.
HYPOTHESIS 3: Concerning how we should repent.
HYPOTHESIS 4: That the afflicted should be guided slowly in the works of repentance.
HYPOTHESIS 5: That we must always call to mind death and the future judgement; for he who does not continually expect death and the future judgement is easily overcome by passions.
HYPOTHESIS 6: The Joy of Heaven is inexpressible, as is the glory which awaits the Saints; therefore, we must remember with our whole souls the joy of Heaven and the glory of the Saints. In all that we accomplish, nothing is equal to that joy and glory.
HYPOTHESIS 7: Many times the souls of virtuous people are made cheerful at the time of death by some Divine overshadowing, and thus they depart from the body.
HYPOTHESIS 8: Regarding those who die and come to life again, and how this happens by Divine Providence. And how many times sinners while still alive, beholding the torments of Hell and the demons, shudder with fear; and in this state of fear, their souls depart from the body.
HYPOTHESIS 9: Proof of where the souls of the dying go and how they exist after their separation from the body.
HYPOTHESIS 10: The soul, after its departure from the body, undergoes testing in the air by evil spirits which encounter it and attempt to impede its ascent. -
THE EVERGETINOS: A Complete Text - Book 1
14 januari 2025 · 17 uur 4 min
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SAINT PORPHYRIOS THE PROPHET: WITNESSES - Volume 2 (Holy Cell of Saints Theodores, Mount Athos
5 december 2024 · 8 uur 30 min
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Saint Porphyrios the Prophet - Witnesses - Volume 2
Many of the miraculous events with regard to Saint Porphyrios remain, to this day -possibly forever- unknown, the same as his great struggles, which he diligently kept secret. This book is just one more piece added to a mystical mosaic that will be revealed to us long after.
Saint Porphyrios is a unique presence in the history of our Church, not only due to his exceptional charismata -gifts of grace- his hidden ascesis and his vast agape but also due to the orifinality of his teachings. He demonstrated that Christ is our friend, our brother, dispersing the fear of punishment ad hell, He advises us to eschew passions, to pay no attention to our bad side and, instead, give ourselves with wholehearted zeal to the love of Christ. In this manner, he guides us towards unbloody sanctification, by demonstrating a way of ascesis born out of love and gratitude to God.
We tend to enjoy the fruits and forget about the care and the effort that goes into growing the tree. We enjoy the Saint's grace, with no appreciation for the labor and the sacrifices necessary to reach such heights, and most of all, to remain for seventy years a steadfast, luminous, warm sun. A sun that shone down from Athos and illumined the horizon. It is truly impossible to shed light on the entirety of the Saint's spiritual toil; the task feels as if you lit a candle and hoped to illuminate a planet. This book is such a candle... (From the prologue of the book) -
WHEN GOD IS NOT THERE - Written by: Nikolaos, Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki
15 november 2024 · 5 uur 12 min
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The world we live has been called a 'vale of tears', a 'place of weeping' - perhaps with good reason. Wherever you turn you see pain, sorrow, undeserved suffering, death, and sin. The 'ruler of this world' (Jn 12:31), the 'world ruler' (Eph. 6:12) is the devil. He is constantly to be seen. God, who is named 'He who is', meaning the One from whom everything comes into being, is nowhere to be seen. 'No one has seen God at any time' (John 1:18). That is why his very existence is a matter of dispute. He has, however, 'revealed himself' (John 21:1), and he promises to manifest himself to whomsoever keeps his commandmentsand loves him: 'I will manifest myself to him' (John 14:21). This book records simple events and conversations, all the while grappling with difficult questions. We see the human struggle to discover the person of God when he is veiled by the logic of this world, our limited understanding, and the arrogant pretentions of human littleness. The book engages intensely with complex and difficult issues...but which leave us confused and at times scandalised. What it does not do is give any direct answers, or try to persuade the reader through logic or impressive arguments. Its aim is to convey the sense of the discreet yet persuasive presence of the true God precisely in situations where He is not visible: in pain, in disability, in the tragedies of life, in inexorable death, as this comes across in true events and is reflected in the lives of real people.
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SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE - Saint Paisios of Mount Athos - Spiritual Counsels - Volume 3
7 juli 2024 · 8 uur 54 min
Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian" - Souroti, Thessaloniki, Greece Lees meer
PART ONE: THE WAR OF THOUGHTS
Chapter One: Good and Evil Thoughts
Chapter Two: Blasphemous Thoughts
Chapter Three: On Trusting Our Thoughts
Chapter Four: The Struggle Against Thoughts
PART TWO: RIGHTEOUSNESS AND INJUSTICE
Chapter One: Acceptance of injustice
Chapter Two: Excuses Turn Away God's Grace
Chapter Three: Divine Righteousness and Human Righteousness
PART THREE: SIN AND REPENTANCE
Chapter One: Sin Tortures Man
Chapter Two: Nurturing the Conscience
Chapter Three: Observing and Knowing Our Self
Chapter Four: Awareness of Our Sinfulness Moves God
Chapter Five: The Immense Power of Repentance
PART FOUR: THE EVIL FORCES OF DARKNESS
Chapter One: Witchcraft and Sorcery
Chapter Two: On the Possessed
Chapter Three: The Terrible Deception
Chapter Four: "The Deceivers and the Deceived"
PART FIVE: THE POWER OF CONFESSION
Chapter One: The Need for a Spiritual Guide
Chapter Two: For an Effective Confession
Chapter Three: The Spiritual Physician of the Soul
Chapter Four: The Work of the Spiritual Father Upon Souls
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(Excerpt) FROM THE MORNING WATCH UNTIL THE NIGHT - Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos - Elder Sophrony's 'Prayer at Daybreak'
5 juli 2024 · 58 min
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From: "Hesychia and Theology: The Context for Man's Healing in the Orthodox Church" - Chapter 9: From the Morning Watch until the Night (pages 231-256) - Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery, Levadia, Greece. www.pelagia.org
1. The Meaning of the Verse from the Psalms
2. Elder Sophrony
3. Elder Sophrony's 'Prayer at Daybreak'
a) Personal Relationship with God
b) Profound Self-Accusation
c) Seeking a Blessing on the Whole Day
d) Healing of the Will
e) Eschatological Prayer
4. Living Examples
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(Excerpt) THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE WORLD (Part 2 - Talks & Discussions in Russia, Romania & Georgia) - Metr. Hierotheos
5 juli 2024 · 7 uur 30 min
Theology as Charisma and Experience, continued Lees meer
a) St John the Theologian and Evangelist
b) St Gregory the Theologian
c) St Symeon the New Theologian
d) St Gregory Palamas
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 Progress in Prayer
Q2 The Worldwide Influence of Russian Theologians
Q3 Curing Human Beings
Q4 Noetic Prayer and Evagrius of Pontus
Q5 The Method of Hypnotism and Orthodox
Psychotherapy
Q6 Obedience to the Spiritual Father
Q7 Monasticism and Marriage in Relation to Deification
Q8 Holy Communion and Confession
Q9 Holy Communion and Holy Relics
Q10 The Possibility of Baptism in the Mother’s Womb
Q11 Birth Control
Q12 The Relationship between the Divine Liturgy and the
Jesus Prayer
Q13 Theology and Philosophy
Q14 Discerning between Thoughts
Q15 Sorrow and Depression
Part 3 - Romania
1. The Hesychastic Life according to St Basil the Great
1. Correspondence with St Gregory the Theologian
2. Sacred Hesychia and God’s Temple
a) Wandering
b) Leaving the World
c) Life in the Wilderness
d) Prayer and Reading
e) Hesychia
f ) Nous and Theoria
g) Temple of the All-Holy Spirit
h) Transformation of the Whole of Life
3. Hesychast and Celebrant
Epilogue
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 The Link between Hesychastic Experience and the
Divine Eucharist
Q2 Theoria of the Divine Light
Statement on the Television Station of the Patriarchate of
Romania
The International Conference on St Basil the Great
2. Bringing Up Children Today
1. Children are God’s Gift
2. Bringing up Children in the Church
3. Children as Equal Members of the Church
4. Difficulties connected with the Development and
Upbringing of Children Today
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 The Hour of Death
Q2 Sickness of the Nous
Q3 Noetic Prayer
Q4 Holy Communion and Confession
Q5 Homeopathy
Q6 Children in the Church
Q7 Choosing Someone to Care for Children
Q8 Dialogues between the Orthodox and non-Orthodox
Q9 Children Facing Death
Q10 Children and Church Attendance
Q11 Religious…
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(Excerpt) THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE WORLD (Part 1 - Talks & Discussions in Cyprus & Russia) - Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, Greece
2 juli 2024 · 4 uur 39 min
The book The Orthodox Church in the World contains theological talks given by the author in Cyprus, Russia, Romania and Georgia at a variety of conferences. Lees meer
The Orthodox Church in the World includes subjects as: Personalism and Person, Theology as Science and as Charisma, The Hesychastic Life according to St Basil the Great, Bringing Up Children Today, Dogma and Ethics and Orthodox Psychotherapy. There are interviews on Therapy and Truth and The Theology of St Gregory Palamas and the Scholasticism of Barlaam, and the final chapter is devoted to St Paissy Velichkovsky – A Great Hesychast Father who “unites the Holy Mountain with the Balkans and Russia.”
An unusual feature of The Orthodox Church in the World is the record of the wide-ranging discussions that took place between the author the audience after each talk. Answers are given on issues of the spiritual life, which will help the clergy, monks and laypeople, parents and young people. True theology can transform society. The author points out to his audience the great importance and value of the Church’s hesychastic tradition, which gives meaning to life.
His Eminence the Metropolitan Hierotheos stresses that Orthodoxy possesses a spiritual therapeutic method for curing human beings so that, once cured, they can meet God as light and Paradise, and not as fire. Curing the human soul is not an individual act, but a method followed within the Church through the Sacraments and asceticism, by which man acquires unity with God. Discerning the depths of his listeners’ hearts and their concerns, the author answers them from his heart, revealing aspects of his own personal life.
At the end of book, prompted by the publication of the book St Paissy Velichkovsky, by Professor Antonios-Emilios Tachiaos of the Theological School of the University of Thessaloniki, the author identifies basic points from this impressive and surprising biography of St Paissy, who loved hesychia and the neptic tradition of the Church from h…
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(Excerpt) SAINT PAISSY VELICHKOVSKY - A Great Hesychast Father - Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, Greece
26 juni 2024 · 55 min
St Paissy Velichkovsky - A Great Hesychast Father Lees meer
1. His Path to Monasticism
2. Searching for and Translating the Writings of Hesychast Fathers
3. Spiritual Guide to Hundreds and Thousands of Monks
4. Experiencing Hesychastic Monasticism
5. His Saintly Decease
6. The 'Philokalic' Movement in the Orthodox World
Conclusion
(Pages 405 - 435 of "The Orthodox Church in the World: Talks and Discussions in Cyprus, Russia, Romania and Georgia")
Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece
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THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE WORLD - Talks and Discussions in Cyprus, Russia, Romania and Georgia - Written by: Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
26 juni 2024 · 12 uur 28 min
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THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST - (Excerpt from The Feasts of the Lord by Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)
5 mei 2024 · 1 uur 30 min
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST - (Excerpt from Feasts of the Lord by Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)
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CHRIST'S PASSION & CROSS - (Excerpt from The Feasts of the Lord by Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)
3 mei 2024 · 1 uur 29 min
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CHRIST'S PASSION & CROSS - (Excerpt from The Feasts of the Lord by Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)
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MARRIAGE: THE GREAT SACRAMENT - Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra
17 april 2024 · 36 min
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Homily delivered in the Church of St. Nicholas, Trikala, Greece, 17 January, 1971.
Excerpt from "The Church at Prayer"
Edited and annotated by: The Holy Convent of the Annunciation, Ormylia.
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THE CHURCH AT PRAYER - Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonpetra
13 april 2024 · 5 uur 51 min
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The Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra is one of the most renowned elders of modern Greece. The works collected in the present volume reflect the importance which the Elder consistently attached to prayer, spirituality, community life, worship, and liturgy. The experientally based works "On Prayer" and "The Prayer of the Holy Mountain"' which deal primarily with the Prayer of the Heart, appear first, followed by the addresses "The Divine Liturgy" and "Our Church Attendance." These are in turn followed by the more socially oriented discourses "Our Relations with Our Neighbor" and "Marriage: The Great Sacrament." Finally, this volume closes with the sermons "Spiritual Reading" and "The Spiritual Life", which in a simple and yet compelling manner set forth the conditions for "ascending to heaven on the wings of the Spirit."
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OUR THOUGHTS DETERMINE OUR LIVES - The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
27 maart 2024 · 6 uur 46 min
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Compiled by St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood
Translated by Ana Smiljanic
PART ONE
The Life of Elder Thaddeus
PART TWO
The Teachings of Elder Thaddeus
1. On Thoughts, 2. On Family Life, 3. On Humility, 4. On Serving God and Neighbor, 5. On Monasticism, 6. On Repentance, 7. On Prayer, 8. On Love, 9. On the Fallen World, 10. On Spiritual Struggle, 11. On the Faith, 12. On Inner Peace, 13. On the Spiritual Realm, 14. A Homily on the Dormition of the Mother of God, 15. Repentance is a Change of Life, 16. Collected Sayings of Elder Thaddeus
+May his prayers and blessings be upon us.
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(Excerpt) "On the Fallen World" from OUR THOUGHTS DETERMINE OUR LIVES - Part 2: Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
20 maart 2024 · 22 min
(Excerpt) Chapter 9: On the Fallen World
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(Excerpt) “On Thoughts” from OUR THOUGHTS DETERMINE OUR LIVES - Part 2: Teachings of Elder Thaddeus
19 maart 2024 · 27 min
(Excerpt) Chapter 1: On Thoughts
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(Excerpt) THE ANGELIC LIFE: A VISION OF ORTHODOX MONASTICISM - General Monastery Issues - Internet
26 februari 2024 · 1 uur 46 min
Published by: Saint Nilus Skete, Alaska Lees meer
Written by: Hieromonk Ephraim
Book available: https://www.stnilus.org/book.htm
Excerpt:
Part VI - General Monastery Issues
14) Internet: i) Spiritual Harm, ii) Physical Harm, iii) Psychological Harm, iv) Cognitive Harm
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THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR IN THE TEMPLE (The Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the Twelve Feasts and Orthodox Christology) - Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos
2 februari 2024 · 45 min
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Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece
Translated by: Esther Williams
Chapter 4: The Meeting of Christ in the Temple
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RECOLLECTIONS OF MOUNT ATHOS - Written by: Archimandrite Cherubim Karambelas
31 januari 2024 · 2 uur 5 min
Published by Holy Cross Press, 1987 Lees meer
ISBN 10: 0917651448 ISBN 13: 9780917651441
Table of Contents: Chapter 1: First Impressions / Chapter 2: A Short Trip / Chapter 3: At the Monastery of Dionysiou / Chapter 4: I Become a Monk in Saint Anne / Chapter 5: My First Confession on the Holy Mountain / Chapter 6: Our Group As a Spiritual Nursery / Chapter 7: Scenes From the Life of our Kalyva
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(Excerpt) ST SILOUAN THE ATHONITE - Chapter 10: Spiritual Trials - Written by: St. Sophrony of Essex
27 januari 2024 · 37 min
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Chapter 10: Spiritual Trials (pages 193-207)
SVS Press, paperback, 1st Edition 1991.
Written by: Saint Sophrony of Essex, England
Translated from the Russian by: Rosemary Edmonds
Originally published in 1991 by the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Tolleshunt Knights by Maldon, Essex
"Man does not always find it easy with God. In the generally much prolonged periods when grace abandons the soul, God may appear a merciless tyrant. When all his efforts - often pushed to extreme limits - fail to obtain Divine mercy, man suffers acutely that were it possible, he would renounce existence in any form. What, then is the nature of suffering? Not an easy question to answer." (p. 193)
"The soul from love of the Lord has lost her wits. She sits it silence, with no wish to speak, and looks upon the world with mazed eyes, having no desire for it and seeing it not. And people do not know that she is contemplating her beloved Lord, that the world has been left behind and is forgotton, for there is no sweetness therein." (p. 207)
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WISDOM FROM MOUNT ATHOS: The Writings of Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866 - 1938) - Written by: St. Sophrony of Essex
27 januari 2024 · 4 uur 42 min
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Saint Silouan was a Russian peasant whose only formal education consisted of two winters at the village school. But on Mt Athos, rooted in a tradition reaching back to the very beginnings of Christian monasticism, he was taught of God and attained wisdom and spiritual maturity akin to that of the Desert Fathers.
CONTENTS:
1. Of the Knowledge of God
2. On Love
3. The Soul’s Yearning for God
4. Adam’s Lament
5. On the Mother of God and the Saints
6. We are God’s children—we are in the likeness of the Lord
7. On the Will of God and on Freedom
8. On Prayer
9. On Humility
10. Concerning Peace and Grace
11. Spiritual Warfare
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ELDER HADJI-GEORGIS the ATHONITE (1809-1886) - Written by: Saint Paisios the Athonite
25 januari 2024 · 1 uur 45 min
Published by: Holy Monastery of the Evangelist John the Theologian - Souroti, Thessaloniki, Greece. Lees meer
Book available for purchase: https://www.athoniteusa.com/products/elder-hadji-georgis-the-athonite
Contents include: Prefatory note, Preface, Introduction, The Life of our Blessed Father George (Hadji-Georgis), Letter of Hadji-Georgis to Metropolitan of Chios, The Spiritual Forefathers of Hadji-Georgis, Spiritual Laws, Epilogue
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THE DEPARTURE OF THE SOUL - According to the Teaching of the Orthodox Church (Readers' Edition)
22 januari 2024 · 6 uur 41 min
Published by: Saint Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery - Florence, Arizona. Lees meer
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And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. (Hebrews 9:27)
DEATH MUST FIND US READY. THE SAINTS WILL HELP US TO BE PREPARED.
What happens to our soul at the hour of its departure from this world? What is waiting for us in the next life? Are we ready for the final journey to the meeting with God?
The most certain thing in life is death. And yet so few have sure knowledge of what happens at that hour, the most critical hour of our existence. The reader's edition of The Departure of the Soul includes the most vivid and gripping accounts from the comprehensive 1,112-page master reference edition—accounts of the departure of the soul as revealed by God to His saints. They experienced the mystery, they saw the departure, and they returned from that awesome spectacle to teach us how to be prepared.
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ASCETICAL HOMILIES OF SAINT ISAAC THE SYRIAN (Homilies 41 - 77)
12 januari 2024 · 8 uur 5 min
HOMILIES 41 - 77 (Part 3 of 3) Lees meer
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ASCETICAL HOMILIES OF SAINT ISAAC THE SYRIAN (Homilies 11 - 40)
12 januari 2024 · 5 uur 25 min
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ASCETICAL HOMILIES OF SAINT ISAAC THE SYRIAN (Homilies 1 - 10)
12 januari 2024 · 3 uur 28 min
HOMILIES 1 - 10 Lees meer
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PATRISTIC THEOLOGY: The University Lectures of Fr. John Romanides
9 januari 2024 · 8 uur 31 min
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THE DIVINE THEOPHANY (Metr. Hierotheos Vlachos - The Feasts of the Lord)
5 januari 2024 · 52 min
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The Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the twelve feasts and Orthodox Christology
CHAPTER 5: THE DIVINE THEOPHANY
Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece.
Translated into English by: Esther Williams
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THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST (The Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the twelve feasts and Orthodox Christology)
4 januari 2024 · 31 min
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CHAPTER 3: THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST
Written by: Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos
Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece.
Translated into English by: Ester Williams
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THE JESUS PRAYER: FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE WORLD - By: Protopresbyter Fr. Stephanos Anagnostopoulos
3 januari 2024 · 10 uur 37 min
Published, translated, and edited from the original Greek by: St. John Chrysostomos Greek Orthodox Monastery - Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. 2021. Lees meer
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In honor of the most-noble Athonite Elder, Saint Joseph the Hesychast, teacher of noetic prayer and reviver of the neptic tradition in modern times.
Dedicated to: My Elder of blessed memory, Father Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona, the unwavering guide of noetic, grace-filled prayer.
CONTENTS: Praying with the Name of Jesus Christ; "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me" for Clergy and Laity; Manners and Phases of the Prayer; The Jesus Prayer and the Warfare of the Devil; The Jesus Prayer and Purification from the Passions; Prayer, Nepsis and Hesychia; Prayer and Enlightenment of the Nous; Prayer and Mystical Union with God within the Heart; Prayer and Delusion; Epilogue
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ATHONITE FATHERS and ATHONITE MATTERS - By: Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
1 januari 2024 · 5 uur 2 min
Published by: The Holy Convent of the Evangelist John the Theologian, Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece. Lees meer
Contents:
Father Tychon
Elder Evlogios (the Disciple of Hadji-Georgis)
Elder Pachomios (the Disciple of Elder Evlogios and Grandson of Hadji-Georgis)
Father Seraphim, the Anchorite of Mt. Athos
The Unknown Anchorite (Probably One of the Anchorites of Athos Who Live Invisibly
Hieromonk Anthimos, the Fool-for-Christ
The Prodigious Father Daniel
Elder Cosmas from Holy Monastery of Pantocrator (the Wine Grower)
Father Philaret, the Abbot of Holy Monastery of Constamonitou
Elder Peter (Petrakis)
Elder Augustine
Father George, the Anchorite
Elder Philaret
Elder Ephraim "The Wretch"
Elder Constantine, the Fool-for-Christ
Father Savvas of the Monastery of Esphigmenou
Elder Tryphon
Father Cyril, the Ascetic and Abbot of the Holy Monastery Koutloumousiou
The Hieromonk who was tormented by the Tempter because of a Prideful Thought
The Strong-Willed Disciple
The Devout and Obedient Disciple
The Value of a Monk
The Power of a Monk's Prayer
The Power of the Komboschini (Prayer rope), of the Jesus Prayer
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PRACTICAL GUIDE OF ORTHODOXY and ORTHOPRAXIA - Written by: Priest Michael - Sacred Hermitage of St. Athansios the Great and the Holy Neomartyrs Akylina, Kyranna and Argyre
31 december 2023 · 3 uur 1 min
PRACTICAL GUIDE OF ORTHODOXY AND ORTHOPRAXIA, that is: Lees meer
Duties and obligations of every Orthodox Christian family, and every struggling faithful Christian who is not neglecting his salvation.
Sacred Hermitage of Saint Athansios the Great and the Holy Neomartyrs Akylina, Kyranna and Argyre, Galini Ossis Lagada. It is newly established, please pray for it's completion and spiritual progress.
Published by: "Orthodox Kypseli" Publications, Thessalonika, Greece 1998.
Translated by: Father Nicholas Palis
Edited by: Father Mark Andrews
"But the word of God cannot be bound" (2 Tim. 2:9).
Marriage - Family - Home
Attending Church
The Seven Mysteries of Orthodoxy
Divine Communion - Practical Ecclesiastical
Topics
Ecclesiastical ministry - Offices
Dreams - Visions
On the Road, at Work
Visitations - Meals
Dress
What's Happening with the Television?
Spiritual topics
The two types of Holy Water Services
Eve of Theophany - Various Heresies
Fasts - How many? And which are they?
The Parable of the Sower
Basic Differences of the Roman Catholic (papal)
Exhortations
Concerning the Commemoration of Names
For Mothers of Small Children
Concerning "Mediums" and the Likes
About Funeral Services
Marriage - Friendship
The Ten Commandments of Orthodox Spouses
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ABBOT HARALAMBOS DIONYSIATIS - The Teacher of Noetic Prayer (Part 2: Teachings & Experiences of his Spiritual Children)
30 december 2023 · 2 uur 37 min
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Teachings: About Noetic Prayer, About the Holy Eucharist, About Charity.
Experiences & Testimonies of his Spiritual Children
Epilogue
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ABBOT HARALAMBOS DIONYSIATIS - The Teacher of Noetic Prayer (Part 1 of 2: His Life-Story)
30 december 2023 · 4 uur 10 min
Written by Monk Joseph Dionysiatis - Athos. Lees meer
Originally from the brotherhood of Saint Joseph, the Cave-Dweller, Father Haralambos went on the become the abbot of the large Monastery of Dionysiou on Mt. Athos. He reposed in December, 2000. This book writes about his life, teachings, and testimonies of his disciples.
PART 1 - HIS LIFE-STORY
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"I KNOW A MAN IN CHRIST" (Part 2) - ELDER SOPHRONY THE HESYCHAST & THEOLOGIAN - Written By: Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
28 december 2023 · 8 uur 39 min
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CONTENTS of EPISODE: (Part 2 of 2)
Everyday Life – Pastoral Ministry
1. Elder Sophrony in Everyday Life
a) Welcome
b) Divine Liturgy – Prayer
c) Refectory
d) Hospitality
e) Love for People
f) Discussion – Confession
g) Visits
h) Love for Nature
i) Sense of Humour
j) Taking Leave
2. Theologian and Shepherd
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1988
1991
3. Various Words of the Elder
In Conclusion
Encomium by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
Appendix
Timeless Relevance
1. ‘The Elder of the Monastery’
2. ‘Living Theology’
3. ‘Elder Sophrony’s Personal Participation in the Mystery of the Cross’
4. ‘On Prayer – The New Book by Archimandrite Sophrony’
5. ‘From the Morning Watch until the Night’
6. ‘The Theology of Elder Sophrony’
7. ‘The Chariot and Horseman of the Israel of Grace’
8. ‘Elder Sophrony’
9. ‘The Person as Truth in the Teaching of Elder Sophrony’ -
"I KNOW A MAN IN CHRIST" (Part 1 of 2) - ELDER SOPHRONY THE HESYCHAST & THEOLOGIAN - Written By: Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
28 december 2023 · 7 uur 52 min
CONTENTS OF EPISODE:
Foreword by the Ecumenical Patriarch to the Greek Edition
Preface by the Author to the Greek Edition
Introduction
Part 1
‘Spiritual Autobiography’
1. The Charismatic Elder Sophrony
1. The Theology of Elder Sophrony
a) The Theological Formation of Elder Sophrony Sakharov
b) A Presentation of the Theology of Archimandrite Sophrony
2. ‘Spiritual Autobiography’
1. The Teaching of the Church as the Fruit of Experience
2. Marvellous Works
a) Early Experience
b) ‘Struggling with God - Mindfulness of Death’
c) ‘Fall’
d) ‘Returning to Christ’ – “I AM THAT I AM”
e) ‘Mourning’
f) ‘Reaching up to God’
g) ‘Visions of the Uncreated Light’
h) The Coming of the Uncreated Light and Its Concealment
i) Sermon on the Uncreated Light
j) ‘Living Confirmation’ – Saint Silouan
3. Conclusion
3. Struggle to Know God
1. Meeting and Conversation with David Balfour
2. Reflections on the Book Struggle to Know God
a) The Basis of the Book Saint Silouan the Athonite
b) Two Levels of the Spiritual Life
c) Self-emptying Love
d) The Experienced Spiritual Guide
e) Hesychastic and Liturgical Life
f) ‘Triple Alliance’
g) Conversion of Non-Orthodox to Orthodoxy
h) The Orthodox Church and other Organisations and Confessions
i) Self-emptying Love after the ‘Rift’ and the Fall
j) Miraculous Intervention and Repentance
k) General Impression
l) Testimony
3. Autobiographical Elements
a) Reason for the Letters
b) The Orthodox Church
c) Theophany – Divine Grace
d) Godforsakenness
e) Spiritual Struggle
f) Temptations
g) Orthodox Monasticism
h) Spiritual Guidance
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WORDS OF THE HEART (Part 3) - Gerontissa Makrina Vassopoulou (1921-1995)
27 december 2023 · 6 uur 8 min
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WORDS OF THE HEART (Part 2) - Gerontissa Makrina Vassopoulou (1921-1995)
27 december 2023 · 4 uur 41 min
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Original Greek published by the Holy Monastery Panagia - Odigitria - Portaria, Volos, Greece.
English translation published by St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Monastery - Goldendale, WA, USA.
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WORDS OF THE HEART (Part 1) - Gerontissa Makrina Vassopoulou (1921-1995)
26 december 2023 · 4 uur 17 min
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"I do not have eloquent speech... but these humble words that I say to you, I say from my heart."
Original Greek published by the Holy Monastery Panagia - Odigitria - Portaria, Volos.English translation published by St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Monastery - Goldendale, WA
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THE NATIVITY (The Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the twelve feasts and Orthodox Christology) - Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos
24 december 2023 · 56 min
The Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the twelve feasts and Orthodox Christology Lees meer
CHAPTER 2: THE NATIVITY
Written by: Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierothoes
Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery, Levadia, Greece.
Translated into English by: Ester Williams
First Edition 2003
http://www.pelagia.org
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THE GERONTIKON OF KALYMNOS
21 december 2023 · 2 uur 21 min
Dedicated to the Venerable Personalities who lived Orthodox Monasticism on the rugged harsh rocks of our island. Lees meer
Written by: Agnes Maglis, Abbess; Euseveia Kassiotou, nun.
Published by: THE HOLY MONASTERY "PANAGHIA ELEOUSA" ROTSO-KALYMNOS year 2000.
Translated by: Father Nicholas Palis
Revision of the English translation: Mrs. Anastasia A. Koutoulakis, Fr. Nicholas Samaras and Anges Manglis, Gerontissa
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SAINT PAISIOS OF MOUNT ATHOS - SPIRITUAL COUNSELS, VOL. 2: Spiritual Awakening (PART 2)
20 december 2023 · 5 uur 51 min
Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian", Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece Lees meer
PART 3: Spiritual Bravery
Chapter One: The Signs of the Times
Chapter Two: Sacrifice Brings Joy
Chapter Three: Bravery Is Born of Trust in God
Chapter Four: For the Faithful, Martyrdom Is a Festival
PART 4: Dependency Upon Heaven
Chapter One: God's Providence For Man
Chapter Two: Faith and Trust in God
Chapter Three: Where Man Cannot Reach, God Provides Help
PART 5: Spiritual Weapons
Chapter One: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon
Chapter Two: Monasteries Are the Fortresses of the Church
Chapter Three: The Deeper Meaning in Life
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SAINT PAISIOS OF MOUNT ATHOS - SPIRITUAL COUNSELS, VOL. 2: Spiritual Awakening (PART 1)
18 december 2023 · 5 uur 14 min
Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian", Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece Lees meer
PART ONE: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOVE
Chapter One: The Indifferent Generation
Chapter Two: The Presence of a Christian Is a Confession of Faith
Chapter Three: To the Pure All Things Are Pure
Chapter Four: Actions With Prudence and Love
PART TWO: STRUGGLE AND DEVOUTNESS
Chapter One: The Good Fight
Chapter Two: How the Devil Works
Chapter Three: The Benefits of Good Fellowship
Chapter Four: Devoutness Moves God
Chapter Five: Self-Offering Provides Divine Oxygen
Saint Paisios the Athonite (+1924–1994) was one of the most loved and revered Greek Orthodox Elders of our times. Living as a monk in the ancient monastic republic of Mount Athos, Greece, he lived in the Kingdom of God even while on earth, and received many heavenly visitations. He lived in obscurity, giving himself over entirely to God, and God gave him to the whole world. During the last fifteen years of his life, he spent his nights in prayer and his entire days gathering human pain and spreading divine consolation. He guided, consoled, healed, and gave rest to countless people who took shelter in him. His sanctified soul overflowed with divine love, and his face radiated divine Grace.
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SAINT PAISIOS THE ATHONITE (PART 4) - Holy Hesychasterion Evangelist John the Theologian Vasilika, Thessaloniki, Greece
18 december 2023 · 4 uur 34 min
(Part 4 of 4)
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SAINT PAISIOS THE ATHONITE (PART 3) - Holy Hesychasterion Evangelist John the Theologian Vasilika, Thessaloniki, Greece
18 december 2023 · 6 uur 53 min
(Part 3 of 4)