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Tag Archives: Elder Ephraim of Arizona

A Noetic Life

January 30, 2018

Eskimos really do have over 50 words for snow. In total, there are around 180 words for snow and ice. There …

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Blasphemous Thoughts [St. Nephon]

January 22, 2018

“Believe me, father,” that man answered him, “that up to now I have been given a great deal of advice. …

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The Fragrance of Prayer [My Elder Joseph the Hesychast]

December 31, 2017

Once when Geronda and I were outside with our prayer-ropes and he was telling me about prayer and his experiences …

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That Spiritual Joys are Gifts of God

December 30, 2017

“[St. Paisios responds to the question: ‘Geronda, what is this joy that I feel?  Can it be that I am not …

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Teaching about Grace [My Elder Joseph the Hesychast]

December 24, 2017

Geronda yearned for grace and ardently strove for it with all his might, which is what made him spiritually rich. …

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Man’s Union with God: Guiding the Nous in Theoria [Elder Joseph the Hesychast]

December 3, 2017

My beloved little child and all the sisters in Christ according to rank, rejoice and be healthy in the Lord. …

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“My child, hear about another delusion…” [Elder Joseph the Hesychast]

December 2, 2017

My child, hear about another delusion.  There are also other monks who work on all the virtues together, and trust …

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The successors of the Apostles are the hierarchs, the priests, the abbots, and the elders of small synodias…

December 1, 2017

Christ said to His disciples, “He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who …

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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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Patient Endurance [My Elder Joseph the Hesychast]

November 25, 2017

Many people slandered Geronda based solely on the fact that he did not want distraction and idle talk, which is …

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My precious sister, wherever you are, I pray that you walk boldly on Way of Love, that you come to know the Beloved ever deeper for it is He the Desire of All Souls . You are she who is the Beloved's friend. Fear not. Yield to His gentle beckoning: "Rise up, my love, my fair one,and come away" (Songs 2:10). The road is narrow and at times lonely, but we who are Sisters and Friends of the Beloved will walk it together. - be bold and strong in Jesus, be she who is the friend of the Beloved

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