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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part III
Season 6 Episode 152
The fathers often draw us along this mysterious path, the narrow path, that leads to the kingdom. They lead us, as it were, “where angels fear to tre…
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part VI
Season 7 Episode 107
St. John Climacus once again gives us powerful images to help us understand the meaning of stillness and how it is to be protected. One such image is…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part II
Season 6 Episode 151
What is it that we are hungry for in this world? So many of the writings of the fathers can be reduced to this very question. What is the deepest des…
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part V
Season 7 Episode 106
There is a beautiful movement created in the heart by St. John’s writing; it is almost a dance. We move back-and-forth with St. John by simultaneousl…
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The 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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
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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, 1 month 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;…
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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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago