“Suffer martyrdom in your conscience…”
Abba [St] Athanasios, bishop of Alexandria, said: “One of you often says: ‘Where is the persecution so I can be …
Abba [St] Athanasios, bishop of Alexandria, said: “One of you often says: ‘Where is the persecution so I can be …
“Believe me, father,” that man answered him, “that up to now I have been given a great deal of advice. …
[When we “hear” the use of the word “mind”, think rather of our distracted nous/noetic faculty] Hieromonk Maximos Simonopetritis “Watch …
Reading for the Friday of the 4th Week after Pentecost Rom. 11:25-36; Matt. 12:1-8 If ye had known what this …
[CONCERNING THE EIGHT [TEMPTING-] THOUGHTS/LOGISMOI] 6. THERE are eight principal kinds of [tempting-] thoughts (logismoi), that contain within themselves every …
“A pure nous sees things correctly. A trained intelligence puts them in order”. According to the theology of St. Thalassios, …
A Homily on Confession by Archbishop Chrysostomos One of the most difficult things for the Orthodox Christian — and especially …
Dreams By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos In the previous chapter we discussed fantasy and imagination, the damage they cause to …
1. On Sanctification and Dispassion We have already said how difficult it is to describe spiritual figures. We repeat this …
One day after the Liturgy we took a carriage and went somewhere together with Father. In the carriage he said to …
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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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