Athonite Audio

Part 5

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Part 3

Part 2

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.

+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 always yes, and his no, no. He never harboured resentment, no matter how he was wronged. He never got angry; he never hurt anyone. He lived obedience with precision. That is why, through obedience and his unwavering faith in his Elder, he lived in a way that surpassed the laws of nature. During vigils, he began the night labouring excessively by kneeling thousands of times and then remained standing until morning." (Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi)

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 crushed and softened through the unceasing remembrance of God through His Name.