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Against his will and at a very young age, young George finds himself in Tibet, "dedicated" to a Buddhist monastery by his grandfather. After fourteen years of devotion to the black arts and worshipping Satan, he finds himself on Mount Athos at age 16, where with the help of Saint Paisius, George learns to confront the forces of darkness with the power of Christ the Light.

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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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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 5. The Text of the Prayer at Daybreak

Theology as Charisma and Experience, continued

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 Education in School

Q12 Demonic Attacks on Children

Q13 Psychological Disturbance

Q14 Unloved Children

3. Interview - The Theology of St Gregory Palamas and the

Scholasticism of Barlaam

Q1 The Historical Context of the Life of St Gregory

Palamas

Q2 Influence of the Holy Mountain on his Life

Q3 Effect of his Conflict with Barlaam

Q4 Popular Interest in Theological Issues

Q5 Summary of St Gregory Palamas’s Teaching

Q6 Knowledge of God

Q7 Patristic Teaching as the Basis of St Gregory Palamas’s

Teaching

Q8 Consequences of the Church’s Victory through St

Gregory Palamas

Q9 The Message of St Gregory Palamas for our Era

4. Interview - Therapy and Truth

Part 4 - Georgia

1. About Orthodox Psychotherapy

1. Why the Book was written

2. The Book’s Title and Subtitle

3. Discussions about the Subject Matter of the Book

4. Orthodox Psychotherapy from the Psychological Point of View

5. Basic Elements of Orthodox Therapeutic Treatment

Discussion after the Talk

Part 5 - St Paissy Velichkovsky

St Paissy Velichkovsky – A Great Hesychast Father

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

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.

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 his youth.

St Paissy Velichkovsky - A Great Hesychast Father

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")

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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)

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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 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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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.

(Excerpt) Chapter 9: On the Fallen World

Published by: Saint Nilus Skete, Alaska

Written by: Hieromonk Ephraim

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Excerpt:

Part VI - General Monastery Issues

14) Internet: i) Spiritual Harm, ii) Physical Harm, iii) Psychological Harm, iv) Cognitive Harm Pages 337 - 367

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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

Published by Holy Cross Press, 1987

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:

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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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
12. Thoughts on departing from this life

Published by: Holy Monastery of the Evangelist John the Theologian - Souroti, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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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

Published by: Saint Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery - Florence, Arizona.

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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.

HOMILIES 41 - 77 (Part 3 of 3)

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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 Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the twelve feasts and Orthodox Christology

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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Published, translated, and edited from the original Greek by: St. John Chrysostomos Greek Orthodox Monastery - Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. 2021.

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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

Published by: The Holy Convent of the Evangelist John the Theologian, Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece.

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

PRACTICAL GUIDE OF ORTHODOXY AND ORTHOPRAXIA, that is:

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

PART 2

Teachings: About Noetic Prayer, About the Holy Eucharist, About Charity.

Experiences & Testimonies of his Spiritual Children

Epilogue

Written by Monk Joseph Dionysiatis - Athos.

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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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’

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 i) Saint Silouan

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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.

PART 1 of 3

"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 Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the twelve feasts and Orthodox Christology

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

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Dedicated to the Venerable Personalities who lived Orthodox Monasticism on the rugged harsh rocks of our island.

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

Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian", Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece

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

Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian", Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece

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.

(Part 4 of 4)

(Part 3 of 4)

PART 2:

• Beginning with Chapter 5, continued: Averkios the rassophore monk
• Ending with Chapter 8: The God-Trodden Mount Sinai

From the Prologue:

"With the help of God, and after the work of a great many years, our Sisterhood, propelled by our sacred obligation toward the Saint, who for twenty-eight years had guided and benefited us in so many ways, presents the publication of the Biography of Saint Paisios the Athonite.
We also had the great blessing of gaining some insight into the immeasurable love the Saint had for God, his monastic exactitude, his absolute self-denial and the power of his fervent prayer. Having lived in such close proximity to him, we personally experienced his holy simplicity and his profound humility, his God-illuminated discernment, his noble love for each person, but also his deliberate efforts to conceal his virtues.
We therefore deemed it our obligation to utilize all the materials - both information and knowledge bequeathed to us in order to compose, to the best of our ability, the biography of the saintly Elder. The contents of this Synaxarion stem primarily from our communication with the Saint - from the notes we had kept during the gatherings of the Sisterhood and the private conversations we had had with him; from his letters not only to the entire Sisterhood but also to each Sister; from the numerous verbal and written testimonies which had been entrusted to us by clergy, monks and lay-people who had met the Elder' as well as from information that had been gathered from the on-site research we had conducted in some of the areas where the elder had lived and struggled.

From the Contents:
- Prologue-
- Chapter One: From Pharasa to Homeland of Greece
- Chapter Two: The Years of his Childhood and Youth
- Chapter Three: Military Service
- Chapter Four: Preparations and Temptations
- Chapter Five: At the Holy Monastery of Esphigmenou
- Chapter Six: At the Holy Monastery of Philotheou
- Chapter Seven: At the Holy Monastery of Stomion
- Chapter Eight: At God-trodden Mount Sinai
- Chapter Nine: At the Skete of Iveron of Saint John the Forerunner
- Chapter Ten: At Desolate Katounakia
- Chapter Eleven: At the Kelli of the Precious Cross
- Chapter Twelve: At the Kelli of Panagouda
- Chapter Thirteen: From Earth to Heaven

Saint Porphyrios the Prophet - Witnesses - Volume 1

    The holy, God-bearing and miracle-working Porphyrios Kafsokalivitis, founder of the H.M. of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Milesi, it was that great morning star and prophet of our generation. Through him, the presence of the Holy Spirit in our times was confirmed once again.
    The plenitude of his virtues, his saintly way of life, his great and ample charismata (divine clairvoyance, foresight, prophetic gift, healing) distinguished him as a potent beacon of spiritual light that will guide future generations. His charismata will stay with him, in all their magnitude, until the end of his earthly life and will attest to his being a Temple of the Holy Spirit.
    The number of testimonies regarding his profound prophetic charisma reveals the Saint's communion with God. Christ was a friend to him. Because he had immediate knowledge of Him, he was able to disclose His will about future events, weights are for all of us are unknown, dark and impenetrable. There is no doubt that the Saint progressed rapidly through the stage of catharsis and reached enlightenment, attained theosis (godliness), theoria (vision of God) and Perfecting.
    He experienced divine Grace to a great degree and inspired by the Holy Spirit, "ran" to the future and foretold what was to come with a sense of responsibility, in order to build up the souls of men in Christ. From the first years of his spiritual service people called him prophet-priest.
    We come across prophets in the New Testament as well, as in the Old. The concept of prophet is attributed also to the Disciples and the Fathers of the New Testament.
    Saint Prophyrios reposed on December 2, 1991, according to the new calendar, the feast of Prophet Avvakum, and on November 19 according to the Athonite old calendar, the feast day of Prophet Avdiou. He is celebrated, as a Prophet himself, shortly before Christmas. (From the prologue of the book)

This profound book written in 1851 and preserved in the library of our Sacred Monastery of Saint Xenophon represents the fruit of holy and spiritual revelations, painful struggles, and divine experiences and ascents of this humble, unknown ascetic of the Holy Mountain.

-Very Rev. Archimandrite Alexios, Abbot of St Xenophon, Mount Athos

Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos wrote this book about Elder Sophrony as an expression of gratitude for his long association (17 years) with the Elder and “to share with readers the spiritual wealth that I unworthily received”. The first part of the book is a spiritual portrait of Elder Sophrony. After a brief survey of his theology, the author examines the Elder’s writings in the light of the experience of saints of the Church, particularly St Paul, St Symeon the New Theologian and St Gregory Palamas, thus placing his teaching in a wider context. There is a careful analysis of the Elder’s correspondence with David Balfour, which reveals “many subtle details of the spiritual life” but also how “a genuine spiritual father guides those entrusted to him”. The second part of the book records what the author learnt and experienced during visits to the Monastery of St John the Baptist in meetings and informal conversations with the Elder and as a concelebrant at the Divine Liturgy. Over the years he carefully recorded the Elder’s words and amassed an archive of notes that he publishes here. The subjects covered reflect both Father Sophrony’s and the author’s personal and pastoral concerns and include prayer (particularly the Jesus Prayer); monasticism and obedience; priesthood and the temptations it brings; giving spiritual guidance; the problems facing those who become Orthodox; and family life. The discussions also shed light on theological issues close to the Elder’s heart. The book shows us a “great hesychast and theologian, but also a wise, discerning and prophetic spiritual father” and brings us closer to the man in Christ.

Published by: Holy Convent of the Transfiguration of the Savior - Athens, 2007.

"Elder, where can we find the solution to our problems?"

"Only holiness will solve your problems."

The realm of the sacred and the transcendent, as expressed by that child of God and true man, Elder Porphyrios, belongs to the category of the unbelievable. It can however become believable because, "sin does not prevail where grace abounds."  Elder Porphyrios was a person filled with grace, a bearer of the power of the Holy Spirit, a child of the Kingdom, a genuine and true tree of paradise.

Whoever wishes to speak about the inner spiritual life of a saint, must be a saint himself. We, the writers of this book, are not saints. We are confined to what we saw and what we heard. We are amongst those many others, who, as St. Luke the Evangelist says, have “taken in hand to set in order a narrative.” We are not trying, with our poor and futile speech, to describe the life of a contemporary saint, but rather we are falteringly trying to express our joy in having met a saint; our joy that Christ lives yesterday, today and forever; our joy that holiness is not a thing of the past, that grace can be felt next to us, that our hands touched a “little father” who really lived the expression “I no longer live, for Christ lives in me.”

Until the Lord reveals the servant who was Elder Porphyrios’ eye-witness, who observed him throughout his life and in all his works and will write about his life accurately and fully, we are forgiven. For we have only seen “in part.” We describe, write about and speak of the miraculous things that God did for us through His servant, Porphyrios. Amin.

From his earliest years Iakovos Tsalikis wanted to become a monk, but he would have to wait. The world had to get to know him and he had to get to know the world. Born in Livisi, a picturesque village in Asia Minor, the Tsalikis family was forcibly uprooted from their ancestral homeland. Leaving the life they knew behind, they took with them what was their true life - their Faith. Resettled in Northern Evia, the future Saint was raised in piety and trained in virtue by his grandmother Despina and mother Theodora. Iakovos worked hard alongside his father, Stavros, and eventually became the provider for the family. At the age of 32, he realized his calling in life by entering the Monastery of Saint David the Elder in Evia, living the rest of his life there as a monk. He rose above insurmountable obstacles, labored ascetically beyond what is human and suffered greatly for the sake of Christ. He received divine gifts as his reward, including clairvoyance and miracle-working, becoming an Elder of great stature. The author of this book, Professor Stylianos Papadopoulos, was blessed to know the Elder personally. His intimate knowledge of the Elder’s life together with his literary talent make the story on these pages come alive. God has not left us without Saints in our age of falsehood and agnosticism. Saint Iakovos intercedes for us today, now glorified among the Saints in heaven. From the vivid, lively stories in this book, may we be moved to glorify God and ask Saint Iakovos to intercede for us!

An Interpretation of the Divine Liturgy Based on Actual Events and Experiences of Holy Priests, Monks and Lay People (Piraeus, Greece, 2008)

"It is a fact that numerous interpretations of the Divine Liturgy which were mainly based on the enlightenment and Grace of the Holy Spirit, were handed on to us by the Church Fathers. What makes this current analysis of my spiritual child Fr Stephanos Anagnostopoulos, of the Divine Liturgy noteworthy as well as beneficial, is the fact that it is offered through the experiences and revelations of worthy Liturgists of the Most High, older and more recent ones.
I, as well as its author, wish that this book will lead us all to the genuine liturgical conscience and life in order to urge us in a spirited way, as grateful servants to try to rest the heart of His feelings so that He will be comforted, according to the Psalter: ‘. . . and because of His servants shall He be comforted’ (Ps. 134:14). May we sense that which God offered us and thus rejoice in the beauty of His eros. Amen. (p. 11)" - Saint Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona

Translated into English and published by:

Orthodox Kypseli Publications - Thessaloncia, Greece

• What is the work of a prudent government?
• The impiety of people has reached a high point
• Repentance is the only means of salvation
• Remain firm in the Orthodox Faith
• Be careful that you not be deceived
• A Christian is in constant battle
• Not the place, but the manner saves
• The judgements of God are an abyss
• Concerning the calendar
• Be careful do not get frustrated but thank God
• No one cowardly in battle
• The Kingdom of Heaven is taken by force
• Concerning the separation of the soul
• Wicked days
• Strive to be light
• Chase the demon of despair far away
• O Woe to us!

Translated & Published by: St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite Publication Society

Translated & Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian" - Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece 2002.

The Elder Ieronymos of Aegina, written by Peter Botsis

• Translated & Published from the Greek original by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Boston, MA 2007

Published & translated into English from the Greek original by the Holy & Great Monastery of VATOPEIDI, Mt. Athos.

• Complete narration Chapters 1 - 6, epilogue, recording of Saint Ephraim of Katounakia saying the Jesus Prayer

"I do not have eloquent speech... but these humble words that I say to you, I say from my heart."

Complete and unabridged Homilies 1 - 65

• Original Greek published by the Holy Monastery Panagia - Odigitria, Portaria Volos
• English translation published by St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Monastery - Goldendale, WA

The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian

• (Complete & Unabridged Ascetical Homilies One through Seventy-Seven)

• 16 hours 52 minutes

The Life of the Athonite Elder Philaret of the Holy Monastery of Constamonitou

The life of Athonite Elder Codratus of the Holy Monastery of Karakallou

Narration of the life of Elder Ignatius of Katounakia, the Father Confessor

The Life of Elder Savvas the New Confessor

Narrated from: "Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos, Volume 2"

THE LIFE OF ELDER GERASIM MENAGIAS of blessed memory. Narrated from "Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos, Volume 2"

+Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra, continued...

(Part 5)

The Throne of God

We Have Found Paradise

+Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra, continued...

(Part 4)

On Spiritual Rebirth

Theology and Experience

Revelation and Knowledge of God in Humility

(Part 3)

Have We Received the Holy Spirit?

Awaiting Pentacost

The Eternal Marriage

(Part 2)

(Part 1)

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Part 4

Part 3

Part 2

The Science of Spiritual Medicine (Part 1) - Orthodox Psychotherapy in Action

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Cure of the Passions

Dispassion

General Methods of Healing the Three Parts of the Soul

Many Stages & Degrees of Dispassion

Orthodox Pathology

Particular Methods for Particular Passions

Paths Leading to Dispassion

Suggestions from the Fathers

Therapeutic Methods Applying to All the Passions

Anti-Hesychasm

Devotion to Stillness

Hesychasm

Hesychia as a Method of Healing

Noetic Hesychia & Repentance

Stillness of the Soul

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Orthodox Christianity as a Healing Science

What Therapy Is?

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Sixty-Fifth Letter

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Thirty-ninth Letter

Fortieth Letter

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Sixteenth Letter

Seventeenth Letter

Eighteenth Lette

Nineteenth Letter

MONASTIC WISDOM: The Letters of Saint Joseph the Hesychast

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The Uncreated Light, cont.

Prayer Wherein God is Revealed in Truth

The Hypostatic Union of the Godhead and the Human

Epilogue

Summation of the Life of our Spirit

Concerning Spiritual Liberty

Inspiration

Emptiness - God has Withdrawn

Love - To the Point of Self-Hatred

The Uncreated Light

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The Grace of the Mindfulness of Death

On the Fear of God

Concerning Repentance

Spiritual Mourning

Wavering in Quest of the Unwavering

The Bliss of Knowing the Way

Knowledge - Vision (Theoria) of God

On the connection between Theoria and Praxis

Conclusion

Dispassion (Impassibility)

Charity: the spiritual love for oneself, love for one's neighbours, The love of God

Knowledge

Therapy of Acedia (Despondency)

Therapy of Anger: Gentleness and Patience

Therapy of Fear: The Fear of God

Therapy of Vainglory and Pride: Humility

Therapy of Gluttony - Temperance

Monastic Chastity

Marital Chastity

Therapy of Love of Money and Greed - Non-Possession & Almsgiving

Therapy of Sadness - Mourning, Compunction, and Joy

The Inner Warfare

The dual origin of thoughts

The mechanism of temptation

The spiritual strategy - vigilance and attention (nepsis)

The rejection of wicked thoughts

The role of prayer and patience

IMPLIMENTATION OF THERAPY

The Twofold Movement of Inner Conversion: Praxis

Outline of the Therapy of the Fundamental Faculties of the Soul

Implementation of the Generic Virtues

Temperance

Courage

Prudence

The Therapeutic Role of the Spiritual Father

The Manifestation of Thoughts

The Subjective Conditions of Healing and Health

The Will to be Healed

The Remedy of Faith

The Remedy of Prayer

Prayer's role and it's therapeutic effects

The method of hesychastic prayer

The Remedy of the Commandments

The Remedy of Hope

The Process of Healing - Inner Conversion

THE SUBJECTIVE CONDITIONS FOR HEALING AND HEALTH

The Will to be Healed

The Remedy of Faith

The Remedy of Repentance

The Remedy of Prayer

The Remedy of the Commandments

The Remedy of Hope

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF THERAPY - VOLUME 2

Christ the Physician

Sacramental Therapies

Baptism

Chrismation

Confession

The Eucharist

Anointing the Sick (Holy Unction)

ON PASSIONS, cont.

Sadness

Acedia (Despondency)

Anger

Fear

Vainglory

Pride

Part Two - Nosology, Symptomatology and Pathogenesis of Spiritual Diseases: The Passions

Chapter 1 - The Passions, Spiritual Illnesses

Chapter 2 - Self-love

Chapter 3 -Gluttony

Chapter 4 - Lust

Pathology of Desire and Pleasure

Pathology of Aggressiveness

Pathology of Freedom

Pathology of Memory

Pathology of Imagination

Pathology of the Senses and Bodily Functions

Part 1: Anthropological Premises - Original Health and the Origin of Illnesses

Apologetic Matters

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Part 2

Part 1

On Contemplation

On Thoughts, Fantasies, and Distraction

On Prayer and Watchfulness

On Prayer of the Nous and Heart

On Watchfulness and Noetic Prayer

The Art of Prayer

On the Practical Method of Noetic Prayer

The Path to Unceasing Prayer

Patristic Counsels on Prayer

Anthology on Noetic Prayer

On Condemnation

On Silence, Idle Talk, and Boldness

On Pride, Self-Reproach, and Humility

Excerpt from a Homily, "On Humility"

On Love and Forgiveness towards the Brethren

On Trials and Temptations

On Faith, Hope, and Patience

On Reverence and Love of the Elder

On Remembrance of Death

On Passions

On Carnal Warfare

On Anger

On Warfare with the Demons

On Spiritual Struggle

On Cowardice and Negligence

On Forcefulness, Courage, and Self-Denial

On Illness

On Sin, Repentance, Mourning, and Tears

On Confession and Spiritual Accounting

On Monasticism, Virginity, and Purity

On the World and Family

On Obedience, Disobedience, and the Cutting Off of the Will

Selections on Obedience

Part 1

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INVESTING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Orthodoxy in Dialogue with the Modern World, Volume 5 (Complete)
By: NIKOLAOS Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki. Alexander Press, Montreal 2017

Why Me, God? (Talk given at the '3rd Seminar on the psychosocial support of children with cancer and their families', Department of Oncology, 'Aglaia Kyriakou' Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece, 8-9 November, 2002.)

"Encountering God Through Transcendental Risks" - Lecture given at one of the regular events of the Panhellenic organization, the 'Friends of Mt. Athos,' at the Athens Archaeological Society on 19 November 2001.

"Not as the Word of Men, But as the Word of God Which is at Work in You" (1 Thessalonians 2.13). Excerpts from the discussion with Vassilis Argyriadis on the programme 'Anthropos Methorios', Radio Station of the Church of Piraeus, 5-6 February 2003.

"Authenticity in the Orthodox Experience Today" - Talk given to the Scientists' Division of the Saint Basil the Great Society for Missionary Work, Athens, Greece, 12 October 2003.

THEMES FROM THE PHILOKALIA - Number 1 (Complete)

Watchfulness (Nepsis) & Prayer

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Part 2

Elder Athanasios of Grigoriou

Elder Callinicus the Hesychast

Elder Daniel of Katounakia

Elder Isaac of Dionysiou

Surrounded by the tranquil Mediterranean countryside of the Holy Mountain, the ascetics of Mount Athos struggle in unseen warfare to achieve a state of inner silence and purity. The only monastic republic in the world, Mount Athos has been inhabited solely by monks for more than a thousand years, setting the tone of Orthodox Christian spirituality worldwide and producing a continuous stream of saints.

Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos describes the lives and the spiritual images of ten Athonite Elders of recent centuries, who, although differing greatly from each other in their backgrounds, characters and ways of life, all bear the evident seal of the presence of the Holy Spirit in their hearts, testifying to a troubled world that the purpose of man s existence is union with God.

The author, Archimandrite Cherubim Karambelas ( 1979), lived on Mount Athos in his youth, and searched out firsthand sources and living witnesses for his information on these Elders. In Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos, the most exalted teachings on asceticism and the vision of God are seen practically applied in the persons of these new luminaries, stars in our midst.

Part 6

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Part 5

Chapter 9 - The Keeper of the Holy Mountain

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Part 4

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Part 3

(Part 2)

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St Gregory Palamas as a Hagiorite

The book St Gregory Palamas as a Hagiorite covers the life, work and teaching of St Gregory Palamas and relates them to his identity as a monk of the Holy Mountain.

Having first acquired personal knowledge of God, St Gregory Palamas subsequently became an unerring theologian, preacher and teacher of the theology of the uncreated Light, as well as of social justice through practicing Christ’s commandments. Involved in a major controversy with representatives of a legalistic, anti-hesychastic tradition originating from the West, St Gregory Palamas proved that prayer of the nous in the heart and the vision of the uncreated Light is part of the tradition of the Church.

The teaching of St Gregory Palamas has made an inestimable contribution to Orthodoxy and is very relevant to our times.

Part 5

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Part 2

This is the first volume of the series 'Spiritual Counsels of the Elder Paisios of Mount Athos'. It is divided into four thematic parts. Each part is subdivided into chapters and every chapter into sections with the approprite subheadings; Part 1 Sin and the Devil Part 2 Modern Civilization Part 3 The Spirit of God and the Spirit of the World Part 4 The Church in our Times The Blessed Elder Paisios was born on 25th July 1924. From the time that he was a child, Elder Paisios lived an ascetic life, and was nourished by the lives of the Saints, whose feats he sought to imitate with great zeal and admirable precision. He practised unceasing prayer, cultivating all along the virtues of humility and love. He led an ascetic life on Mount Athos, in the Holy Monastery of Stomion in Konitsa, and on Mount Sinai in Egypt. He lived in obscurity, giving himself completely to God, and God in turn revealed him and gave him to the whole world. He guided, consoled, healed and granted peace to multitudes of people who sought him. His sanctified soul overflowed with divine love and his saintly face radiated the divine Grace. All day long, he tirelessly gathered the human pain and imparted divine consolation. He is the founder of the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti of Thessalonik, Greece, which he also guided spiritually for twenty-eight years (1967-1994). After suffering excruciating pains, which, as he used to say, benefited him more than the ascetic struggles of his entire life, he fell asleep in the Lord on 12 July 1994.

+ELDER ARSENIOS THE CAVE-DWELLER (1886-1983): Fellow ascetic of Saint Joseph the Hesychast (Part 2)

Elder Arsenios the Cave-Dweller is a biography and spiritual handbook about the co-struggler of Elder (Saint) Joseph the Hesychast of the Holy Mountain.

The book is written by Monk Joseph Dionysaitis of the Holy Mountain.

"I must confess that for Elder Arsenios, the Gospel words, "Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no guile!" are relevant. He was naturally straight-forward, simple, offenseless, meek, obedient; a rare struggler, who possessed nothing. For Elder Arsenios, his yes was always yes, and his no, no. He never harboured resentment, no matter how he was wronged. He never got angry; he never hurt anyone. He lived obedience with precision. That is why, through obedience and his unwavering faith in his Elder, he lived in a way that surpassed the laws of nature. During vigils, he began the night labouring excessively by kneeling thousands of times and then remained standing until morning." (Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi)

A WATCHFUL MIND (Part 3): Teaching on the Prayers of the Heart

A WATCHFUL MIND (Part 2): Teachings on the Prayer of the Heart

This work is a deeply personal account of one holy man's unique journey in the life of unceasing noetic prayer, perpetual metanoia, praxis, purification of the heart from evil thoughts, illumination of the mind/nous, and theoria/vision. Separated into "Discourses", it touches on many aspects of the spiritual and ascetic life, particularly the hesychastic themes of watchfulness, spiritual warfare, and prayer of the heart. Those who have ears to hear, let them hear. The human heart is to be crushed and softened through the unceasing remembrance of God through His Name.

The author, Metropolitan Hierotheos, is a bishop in the Orthodox Church of Greece, and the author of many books on Christian spiritual life and theology. He is one of the most highly respected and widely read ascetical theologians in the Orthodox Church today. The Holy Mountain is Mt. Athos, a 40 mile long peninsula in northeastern Greece which is home to several thousand Orthodox monks, whose chief work is "praying without ceasing" using the Jesus Prayer, handed down from the early Church. The "desert" refers to the some of the very isolated places on Athos populated by hermit monks living hidden away in little huts or caves (as opposed to the large ancient monasteries on Athos). If we say that the Church is the spiritual army of God, then the monks are the Marines and the hermits are the Green Berets of prayer. interceding for the world and defeating the demons. The bishop is a frequent pilgrim to the Holy Mountain, the spiritual heartland of the Orthodox world. After a particularly fruitful visit with a hermit monk (a God-bearing elder who prefers anonymity), he wrote down their discussion about the Jesus Prayer and published it in Greek (now in over 9 Greek editions). It appeared in English in 1991, with six reprints and a revision, as well as in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic. This fascinating conversation has become a modern classic of Orthodox Christian spiritual literature, in the tradition of the Philokalia. Imported from Greece.

A NIGHT IN THE DESERT OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Part 1): Discussion with a Hermit on the Jesus Prayer

Written by: Metr. Hierotheos Vlachos of Nafpaktos

Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece

The author, Metropolitan Hierotheos, is a bishop in the Orthodox Church of Greece, and the author of many books on Christian spiritual life and theology. He is one of the most highly respected and widely read ascetical theologians in the Orthodox Church today. The Holy Mountain is Mt. Athos, a 40 mile long peninsula in northeastern Greece which is home to several thousand Orthodox monks, whose chief work is "praying without ceasing" using the Jesus Prayer, handed down from the early Church. The "desert" refers to the some of the very isolated places on Athos populated by hermit monks living hidden away in little huts or caves (as opposed to the large ancient monasteries on Athos). If we say that the Church is the spiritual army of God, then the monks are the Marines and the hermits are the Green Berets of prayer. interceding for the world and defeating the demons. The bishop is a frequent pilgrim to the Holy Mountain, the spiritual heartland of the Orthodox world. After a particularly fruitful visit with a hermit monk (a God-bearing elder who prefers anonymity), he wrote down their discussion about the Jesus Prayer and published it in Greek (now in over 9 Greek editions). It appeared in English in 1991, with six reprints and a revision, as well as in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic. This fascinating conversation has become a modern classic of Orthodox Christian spiritual literature, in the tradition of the Philokalia. Imported from Greece.

AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON (Part 4): Sayings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos

AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON (Part 3): Sayings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos

AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON (Part 2)

AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON: Sayings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos. Written by: Archimandrite Ioannikios (Kotsonis). Publication of the Holy Monastery of St. Gregory Palamas, Kouphalia - Thessaloniki - Greece. 1997

HEALING THE SOUL, continued.

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Translated and Edited by the Sisterhood of the St. John Chrysostomos Monastery, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, USA 2021.

ISBN: 978-1-7374381-0-6

“How to Represent the Vain Life of this World” from The Painter’s Manual of Dionysius of Fourna. Detailed instructions to a future iconographer.