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Season 7 Episode 132
We come to the end of this journey with St John Climacus knowing that it is also only the beginning. What joy has come through sitting at the feet of…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXVIII, Part V
Season 6 Episode 178
Tonight we follow the thought of Saint Isaiah, the Solitary and St. John Cassian on the struggle with the passion of lust and fornication. One things…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Appendix "To The Shepherd", Part X
Season 7 Episode 131
St. John does not hesitate to speak to us about the beauty and the extraordinary responsibility of the spiritual elder. To find oneself with the care…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXVIII, Part IV
Season 6 Episode 177
The spiritual life is not lived out in the abstract. Among the fathers, we find a distinct emphasis on praxis; that is, the practice of the faith. We…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Appendix "To The Shepherd", Part IX
Season 7 Episode 130
I was struck this evening not only with the wisdom of St. John’s counsel in regard to the care of souls, but also the beauty of the heart of the Shep…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXVIII, Part III
Season 6 Episode 176
The struggle with impurity and fornication in our day is so fierce - as well as accepted and embraced by most of the secular culture - that those see…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Appendix "To The Shepherd", Part VIII
Season 7 Episode 129
The counsel and the guidance that St. John offers in this letter is unparalleled. His understanding of the role of the spiritual elder and the nature…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXVIII, Part II
Season 6 Episode 175
We have continued our discussion of the farhers’ writing on fornication and the effects that it has upon the soul. Purity of heart is the foundation …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Appendix "To The Shepherd", Part VII
Season 7 Episode 128
The deeper that we go into this letter, the more we begin to see the necessary qualities of an elder. In our society, we often value what seems to be…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XXVII and XXVIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 174
Once again, my first thought at the end of this group is “Revolution“. When read in the context of all that we have considered from The Evergetinos …
1 year, 6 months ago