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Season 8 Episode 24
Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Ascetical Homilies of St Isaac the Syrian Homily 4 paragraphs 23 and following:
St. Isaac teaches us that true spi…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Part XXXV, Part II
Season 6 Episode 202
The Fathers are unyielding in their teaching: anger must never be given room in the heart. It is a passion rooted in pride, and when indulged, it bli…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily IV, Part V
Season 8 Episode 23
St. Isaac’s counsel confronts the modern temptation toward self-promotion, verbal dominance, and the illusion of expertise. In a time when our cultur…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Part XXXV, Part I
Season 6 Episode 201
Synopsis Of Tonight’s Group on The Evergetinos Volume II Hypothesis XXXV Section A paragraphs 1-5:
“One should never become angry or shout at anyone.…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily IV, Part IV
Season 8 Episode 22
St Isaac the Syrian’s words strike with such power and seek to draw us away from what we desperately cling to as human beings - vainglory. Our focus …
1 year ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Part XXXIV, Part II
Season 6 Episode 200
Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Evergetinos Volume II Hypothesis XXXIV Sections A6-F Conclusion:
When we come across the high standards of the des…
1 year ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily IV, Part III
Season 8 Episode 328
In the writings of Saint Isaac the Syrian, we see so beautifully the desert fathers emphasis on praxis; that is, how we concretely live out our faith…
1 year ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Part XXXIV, Part I
Season 6 Episode 199
The desert fathers were incredibly sensitive to the simple things in life that we often take for granted; the ways that we speak with others and trea…
1 year ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily IV, Part II
Season 8 Episode 20
Renunciation: The word has certain connotations that are often tied to deprivation or unhappiness. What we find in the writings of the great ascetics…
1 year ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXXII, Part X and XXXIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 198
As we completed hypothesis 32 and considering the fathers’ teaching on contrition being a source of spiritual labor and protection, we made a segway …
1 year ago