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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XIV, and XV, Part I
Season 6 Episode 150
Humility and affliction: Two words that often evoke within us intense fear and anxiety. We are formed by a kind of pathological self-love. The fathe…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part IV
Season 7 Episode 105
In pursuing life in Christ, the experience of reality is often turned on its head. Our perception of the world around us and the interior world is sh…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XIII, Part II
Season 6 Episode 149
Only the most stalwart and patient of souls can follow along with this evening’s readings without being troubled. Once again it is repeated for us th…
2 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part III
Season 7 Episode 104
What possibly could hesychasm or the life of hesychasts - those who live in perpetual stillness and prayer - mean for those who living in the world;…
2 years ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 148
We picked up this evening with Hypothesis 13 on the subject of keeping Vigil and not giving oneself over to excessive sleep. However, as we immersed …
2 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part II
Season 7 Episode 103
It’s hard to imagine ourselves as being nourished upon stillness and silence. Yet, this is exactly what the fathers and St. John Climacus seek to tea…
2 years ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 147
We picked up this evening with Hypothesis 12. The subtitle is on avoiding idle talk. However, this does not do justice to what we are given in the te…
2 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part I
Season 7 Episode 102
St. John Climacus brings us now to discuss the fruits of the ascetic life. We picked up this evening with Step 27 on “stillness of mind and body”. Jo…
2 years ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XI, Part III
Season 6 Episode 146
As we conclude Hypothesis 11, we are given very solid food to nourish our understanding of the nature of prayer and our demeanor. How is it that we a…
2 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part IX
Season 7 Episode 101
We come to the end of Step 26 on Discernment and in doing so we begin to see, or at least get a glimpse of, its importance for the spiritual life. So…
2 years ago