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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos: Book Three - Chapter IX, Part II
Season 6 Episode 250
There is a great mercy hidden within these unsettling sayings from the Evergetinos. The Desert Fathers do not speak to us about spiritual warfare in …
9 hours ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily XVIII, Part II & XIX, Part I
Season 8 Episode 70
There is a temptation in every generation to believe that the spiritual life consists primarily in learning new methods, acquiring hidden knowledge, …
4 days, 17 hours ago
The Evergetinos: Book Three - Chapter VIII, Part II & IX, Part I
Season 6 Episode 249
The Fathers never speak of the spiritual life as though it were merely the acquisition of virtues or the mastery of disciplines. At its heart, it is …
1 week ago
The Name Above Every Name, Conference Four
Season 100 Episode 30
The Name Above Every Name
Conference Four
Becoming Prayer
When the Name Becomes Our Life
“It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”
—…
1 week ago
The Name Above Every Name, Conference Three
Season 100 Episode 29
The Name Above Every Name
Conference Three
The Broken Heart and the Descent into the Heart Learning to Stand Before God
“The sacrifice acceptable to…
1 week, 5 days ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily XVIII, Part I
Season 8 Episode 69
There is a temptation to read St. Isaac’s description of the ascetic life as though he were outlining a ladder by which we ascend to God through effo…
1 week, 5 days ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily XVII, Part III
Season 8 Episode 68
There is a temptation when reading the closing section of Homily 17 to see it as little more than a long list of prohibitions. Do not quarrel. Do no…
1 week, 5 days ago
The Evergetinos: Book Three - Chapter VIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 248
One of the striking features of the desert tradition is the extraordinary seriousness with which the Fathers speak about the conscience. Modern reade…
3 weeks ago
The Name Above Every Name, Conference Two
Season 100 Episode 28
The Name Above Every Name
Conference Two
Guarding the Heart with the Name
The Jesus Prayer and the Hidden Battle
“Keep your heart with all vigilance…
3 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily XVII, Part II
Season 8 Episode 67
“One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.”
— Psalm 27:4
Few p…
3 weeks ago