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Back to SearchConferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty Two On Nocturnal Illusions Part II
Season 3 Episode 85
We pick up with Germanus and Cassian speaking with Abba Theonas about Nocturnal Illusions, or rather the emissions that sometimes occur at night, the…
10 years ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty Two On Nocturnal Illusions
Season 3 Episode 84
The desert fathers are not shy when it comes to talking about the more intimate details of human sexuality and its interplay with the spiritual life.…
10 years, 1 month ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty One On the Relaxation at Pentecost Part V
Season 3 Episode 83
As we come to the end of Conference 21, Abba Theonas raises the bar for us in terms of how we understand our lives as Christian men and women. He pr…
10 years, 2 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty One On the Relaxation at Pentecost Part IV
Season 3 Episode 82
Germanus and Cassian finally begin to talk with Abba Theonas about the relaxation of Pentecost; that is, how one approaches a festal season and moder…
10 years, 2 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty One On the Relaxation at Pentecost Part III
Season 3 Episode 81
After the introduction to the conference presented over the past two weeks revolving around the elder Theona's conversion and his choice of pursuing …
10 years, 2 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty One On the Relaxation at Pentecost Part II
Season 3 Episode 80
Nowhere is the universal call to holiness, the call to live in and embrace the grace of God radically, more fully and challengingly expressed than in…
10 years, 2 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty One On the Relaxation at Pentecost Part I
Season 3 Episode 79
Cassian and Germanus now begin their discussion with Abba Theonas; the conference beginning with the story of Theonas' own conversion and which is me…
10 years, 2 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty On the End of Repentance and on the Mark of Reparation Part III
Season 3 Episode 78
We come to the conclusion of Conference 20 on repentance and reparation and consider the depth of the desert Fathers understanding of the human perso…
10 years, 3 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty On the End of Repentance and on the Mark of Reparation Part II
Season 3 Episode 77
While trying to help Cassian and Germanus focus on the end of repentance and the marks of reparation which is healing (the removal of the thorn of th…
10 years, 3 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty On the End of Repentance and on the Mark of Reparation Part I
Season 3 Episode 76
We join Cassian and Germanus now as they visit with Abba Pinufius - well known to them for his holiness and humility. Because of these qualities, th…
10 years, 3 months ago