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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLIII, Part II and Hypothesis XLIV, Part I
Season 6 Episode 114
I can say this without any caveat - reading the Evergetinos is one of the most important things that we could do for ourselves in the spiritual life…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXI: On Unmanly and Puerile Cowardice, Part I
Season 7 Episode 67
Anxiety, it has been said, is ubiquitous. We all experience it and in its many manifestations. On a purely psychological level, one can never get to …
2 years, 11 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLII, Part IV and Hypothesis XLIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 113
One of the most difficult things about the faith is not simply desiring God with all of our heart, but allowing God and His desire for us to transfor…
3 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XX: On Bodily Vigil, Part II
Season 7 Episode 66
All that was to be redeemed had also then to be assumed in the Incarnation. All that is human and all that is part of the human experience must be em…
3 years ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLII, Part III
Season 6 Episode 112
Being thrown off balance! The experience of vertigo! This is what comes to mind when considering the writings from the Evergetinos this evening. Once…
3 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XX: On Bodily Vigil, Part I
Season 7 Episode 65
The healing of the soul! So often we lose sight of the meaning of the spiritual life and the disciplines that we embrace. We often look at them as be…
3 years ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLII, Part II
Season 6 Episode 111
If I were to give a title to this evening’s session, it would be “What is the place of the Christian in a post-Christian culture? Even better, “What …
3 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XIX: On Sleep, Prayer, and Psalmody with the Brotherhood
Season 7 Episode 64
When we think of appetites or bodily desires, we rarely consider something such as sleep. Yet this evening St. John shows us that sleep is something …
3 years ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 110
“In the deserts of the heart
Let the healing fountain start.”
W.H. Auden (1907-1973)
“The road of cleansing goes through that desert. It shall be n…
3 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XVIII: On Insensibility
Season 7 Episode 63
Darkness, whatever its source, cannot be driven out or overcome by mere force of will or through reason. The fathers reveal to us a darkness that ex…
3 years ago