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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part II
Season 6 Episode 102
Stability of place leads to and protects internal emotional and spiritual stability. One must not be tempted to change one’s external environment; th…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part II
Season 7 Episode 52
The depth of the fathers’ understanding of the workings of the mind and the heart, the appetites and desires, is staggering. One of the great fruits …
3 years, 3 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XIV: On Gluttony, Part IV, and Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part I
Season 7 Episode 51
Tonight we made the transition from St. John’s Step on Gluttony and its offspring to our discussion of Purity and Chastity in Step number 15. Again, …
3 years, 3 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part I
Season 6 Episode 101
We rarely think of the importance of stability; not only in our external environment, but the stability of thought and emotion. It is precisely this…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent- Chapter XIV: On Gluttony, Part III
Season 7 Episode 50
How striking it is to hear the nature of the struggle with gluttony and the need for fasting spoken of with such zeal and clarity! Such practices hav…
3 years, 4 months ago
Behold His Face: They Shall Look On Him Whom They Have Pierced
Season 100 Episode 6
As a special reflection for this Holy Week, we chose a reading from Fr., Thomas Acklin‘s book “The Passion of the Lamb.” In particular we reflected …
3 years, 4 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XIV: On Gluttony, Part II
Season 7 Episode 49
We continued to our reflection on step number 14 - gluttony, or that “clamorous mistress, the stomach.” We are being exposed to the wisdom of the fa…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXXIX, Part I
Season 6 Episode 100
Tonight, our 100th Episode of the study of the The Evergetinos, we began reading Hypothesis 39. The subject matter is manifold. We are not to trust…
3 years, 4 months ago
City a Desert Lecture Series, Lecture Three: Interiorized Monasticism Part III: Chastity and Obedience
Season 100 Episode 5
3 years, 4 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XIV: On Gluttony, Part I
Season 7 Episode 48
Tonight we picked up with Step, 14 on “that clamorous mistress, the stomach“. Climacus begins to draw us into a discussion of one of the most importa…
3 years, 4 months ago