THEMES FROM THE PHILOKALIA - Number 1 (Complete) Watchfulness (Nepsis) & Prayer Table of Contents to follow. Podcast under construction.
Part 2 Elder Athanasios of Grigoriou Elder Callinicus the Hesychast Elder Daniel of Katounakia Elder Isaac of Dionysiou
Surrounded by the tranquil Mediterranean countryside of the Holy Mountain, the ascetics of Mount Athos struggle in unseen warfare to achieve a state of inner silence and purity. The only monastic republic in the world, Mount Athos has been inhabited solely by monks for more than a thousand years, setting the tone of Orthodox Christian spirituality worldwide and producing a continuous stream of saints. Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos describes the lives and the spiritual images of ten Athoni...
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Part 5 Chapter 9 - The Keeper of the Holy Mountain
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St Gregory Palamas as a Hagiorite The book St Gregory Palamas as a Hagiorite covers the life, work and teaching of St Gregory Palamas and relates them to his identity as a monk of the Holy Mountain. Having first acquired personal knowledge of God, St Gregory Palamas subsequently became an unerring theologian, preacher and teacher of the theology of the uncreated Light, as well as of social justice through practicing Christ’s commandments. Involved in a major controversy with representatives of a...
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This is the first volume of the series 'Spiritual Counsels of the Elder Paisios of Mount Athos'. It is divided into four thematic parts. Each part is subdivided into chapters and every chapter into sections with the approprite subheadings; Part 1 Sin and the Devil Part 2 Modern Civilization Part 3 The Spirit of God and the Spirit of the World Part 4 The Church in our Times The Blessed Elder Paisios was born on 25th July 1924. From the time that he was a child, Elder Paisios lived an ascetic life...
+ELDER ARSENIOS THE CAVE-DWELLER (1886-1983): Fellow ascetic of Saint Joseph the Hesychast (Part 2)
Elder Arsenios the Cave-Dweller is a biography and spiritual handbook about the co-struggler of Elder (Saint) Joseph the Hesychast of the Holy Mountain. The book is written by Monk Joseph Dionysaitis of the Holy Mountain. "I must confess that for Elder Arsenios, the Gospel words, "Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no guile!" are relevant. He was naturally straight-forward, simple, offenseless, meek, obedient; a rare struggler, who possessed nothing. For Elder Arsenios, his yes was alwa...
A WATCHFUL MIND (Part 3): Teaching on the Prayers of the Heart
A WATCHFUL MIND (Part 2): Teachings on the Prayer of the Heart
This work is a deeply personal account of one holy man's unique journey in the life of unceasing noetic prayer, perpetual metanoia, praxis, purification of the heart from evil thoughts, illumination of the mind/nous, and theoria/vision. Separated into "Discourses", it touches on many aspects of the spiritual and ascetic life, particularly the hesychastic themes of watchfulness, spiritual warfare, and prayer of the heart. Those who have ears to hear, let them hear. The human heart is to be crushe...
The author, Metropolitan Hierotheos, is a bishop in the Orthodox Church of Greece, and the author of many books on Christian spiritual life and theology. He is one of the most highly respected and widely read ascetical theologians in the Orthodox Church today. The Holy Mountain is Mt. Athos, a 40 mile long peninsula in northeastern Greece which is home to several thousand Orthodox monks, whose chief work is "praying without ceasing" using the Jesus Prayer, handed down from the early Church. The ...
A NIGHT IN THE DESERT OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Part 1): Discussion with a Hermit on the Jesus Prayer Written by: Metr. Hierotheos Vlachos of Nafpaktos Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece The author, Metropolitan Hierotheos, is a bishop in the Orthodox Church of Greece, and the author of many books on Christian spiritual life and theology. He is one of the most highly respected and widely read ascetical theologians in the Orthodox Church today. The Holy Mountain is Mt. A...
AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON (Part 4): Sayings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos
AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON (Part 3): Sayings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos
AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON (Part 2)
AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON: Sayings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos. Written by: Archimandrite Ioannikios (Kotsonis). Publication of the Holy Monastery of St. Gregory Palamas, Kouphalia - Thessaloniki - Greece. 1997
HEALING THE SOUL, continued.
https://t.me/athoniteaudio/5848 Translated and Edited by the Sisterhood of the St. John Chrysostomos Monastery, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, USA 2021. ISBN: 978-1-7374381-0-6
“How to Represent the Vain Life of this World” from The Painter’s Manual of Dionysius of Fourna. Detailed instructions to a future iconographer.
