The Theology of Elder Sophrony
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 …
Tag Archives: Asceticism
“The last state of that man is worst than the first.”
— An excerpt from “Man the Target of God” by Archimandrite Zacharias of Essex +++
The Evergetinos: Prologue By St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite
Prologue By St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite from the 1783 edition of The Evergetinos He Who transcends all understanding, and so remains unintelligible, …
Definition of Glorification
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, …
The Desert as Space
Why did these elders choose the desert in the first place? What was the significance of the desert? What is …
So that we are not infants forever
For it is absolutely necessary for the grace of God to leave, once a tried struggler has acquired a good …
The Stages of Spiritual Perfection
Christ said: “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect” (Matt. 5:48). This means that the Christian, by …
A Convenient Christianity
We have made our own Christianity, a convenient, humane and reasonable Christianity, as the Grand Inquisitor of Dostoevsky says, because …
The Mystery of Pentecost
After Christ’s Ascension into heaven, as He had affirmed, on the fiftieth day after His Resurrection and the tenth after …
The Purpose of the Church
The purpose of the Church is not social, moral, philosophical or anything else, but pre-eminently soteriological and theological. This is especially obvious …
