

ELDER PAISIOS OF MOUNT ATHOS SPIRITUAL COUNSELS, Volume 1: With Pain and Love for Contemporary Man (Part 1)
11 snips Oct 4, 2023
Elder Paisios of Mount Athos, a revered Greek Orthodox elder and ascetic, shares profound spiritual counsels. He highlights the perilous spiritual state of contemporary society and insists on the power of prayer. Paisios laments the rise of fashionable sin and a fading conscience, encouraging vigilance against temptation. He delves into why God allows trials, emphasizing that humility and love are key to spiritual resilience. Urging monks to resist secularism, he calls for a return to true monastic simplicity to guide the faithful in these challenging times.
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World In Spiritual Crisis
- Paisios warns our age is spiritually chaotic and needs prayer more than remedies.
- He compares the world's moral decline to a spreading fire that only heavenly rain can quench.
Pray Rather Than Panic
- Pray persistently and seek divine mercy when temptation and suffering overwhelm society.
- Turn to the Jesus Prayer and trust God to repair what human power cannot.
Faith As True Security
- People seek security but feel the greatest insecurity when estranged from Christ.
- The Church must remain authentic or seekers will leave disappointed.