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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos: Book Two - XXXII, Part VIII
Season 6 Episode 196
The beauty of the writings of the fathers and in particular the lived experiences of the monks as described in the Evergetinos brings to life the spi…
11 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily III, Part VI
Season 8 Episode 17
Knowledge of God comes through the experience of God. When faith remains an abstraction, an idea, it is destined to remain lifeless and loses its cap…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXXII, Part VII
Season 6 Episode 195
When reading the fathers, it is as if we are swimming in the living waters of their faith and love for God. In this sense we are in a privileged pos…
11 months, 1 week ago
Thirst for God
Season 100 Episode 13
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11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily III, Part V
Season 8 Episode 16
Saint Isaac the Syrian asks the question that has been put forward for centuries - “how are we to pray?” In fact, our Lord himself was asked by his …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily III, Part IV
Season 8 Episode 15
As we listen to St. Isaac the Syrian in Homily Three his focus shifts from speaking of the necessary foundation to be laid in the spiritual life, pur…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXXII, Part VI
Season 6 Episode 194
Contrition is love! To many this will seem to be an absurdity, but when we look not only to the writings of the fathers, but to the life of Christ hi…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXXII, Part V
Season 6 Episode 193
One of the amazing things about reading the lives in the teachings of the desert fathers is that we begin to see that we are part of the body of Chri…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily III, Part III
Season 8 Episode 14
Saint Isaac for Syrian proves himself once more to be one of the most beautiful and poetic of teachers. He describes for us the nature of the human p…
1 year ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXXII, Part IV
Season 6 Episode 192
“Contrition is his very name!” This is how the authors describe a monk who not only is contrite of heart, but who also lives always in this state. Wh…
1 year ago