“We should direct our anger against the passions…” [St. Paisios of Mount Athos]
Anger, pure anger, is a power of the soul. If a person who is meek by nature is helped once …
Category Archives: Anger
The Vice of Demons
The Vice of Demons Had one asked Evagrios which vice, in his opinion, would unquestionably be the worst of all …
On Anger
Homily Against Anger by St. Basil the Great When medical precepts are to the point and accord with the art’s …
What rule accusers & rancorous people are to be given
You are to place accusers and slanderers under a rule, Spiritual Father, to return to the same place where they …
Irritating Situations or Anger-Provoking Interpretations: It Matters Whom We Blame
As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts concerning anger, there is a certain concordance between cognitive therapeutic and patristic approaches to …
Getting to the Cause [of Anger]
In my last blog post, I noted the vast difference between the theological/spiritual approach to anger seen in the fathers and …
Orthodox Pathology
By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos (Excerpt from the Book “Orthodox Psychotherapy”) Orthodox Pathology John the Evangelist, when preparing to speak …
Anger
Be meek and do not get angry, for anger is a fruit of egotism and self-will, while, on the contrary, …
