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Tag Archives: Asceticism

On Stasidia

January 22, 2018

Compunction and tears are engendered by the outwards postures of the body; that is, when one prays with head uncovered; …

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On Sitting and Orthodox Services

January 6, 2018

Some people think that a characteristic difference between Orthodox churches and their Catholic and Protestant counterparts is the absence of …

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The Rule of Fasting in the Orthodox Church

December 3, 2017

The Rule of Fasting in the Orthodox Church By Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) of Platina In answer to numerous requests from …

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Why didn’t Christ remove the “law of sin”?

November 30, 2017

Why didn’t Christ remove the “law of sin”? By Elder Ephraim of Arizona  +++ “So that we are not infants …

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On the World and Family

November 10, 2017

May an angel of God, my child, follow you and show you the path of God and of your salvation. …

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Every Orthodox Christian is a Forerunner and Prophet of Christ!

October 16, 2017

(A homily given at Holy Trinity Seminary, in Jordanville, NY on the feast of the Forerunner and Baptist John by …

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The Theology of Elder Sophrony

September 5, 2017

Elder Sophrony the Hesychast and Theologian by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos  Spiritual Autobiography  Father Sophrony was born in Moscow on the 22nd September 1896. He studied at the …

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“The last state of that man is worst than the first.”

August 25, 2017

— An excerpt from “Man the Target of God” by Archimandrite Zacharias of Essex +++

The Evergetinos: Prologue By St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite

August 9, 2016

Prologue By St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite from the 1783 edition of The Evergetinos He Who transcends all understanding, and so remains unintelligible, …

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Definition of Glorification

January 13, 2015

Definition of Glorification  (http://wp.me/p2vXPg-28r)  By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos  After purification of the heart and illumination of the nous comes glorification, …

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