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https://t.me/athoniteaudio/6643The world we live has been called a 'vale of tears', a 'place of weeping' - perhaps with good reason. Wherever you turn you see pain, sorrow, undeserved suffering, death, and sin. The 'ruler of this world' (Jn 12:31), the 'world ruler' (Eph. 6:12) is the devil. He is constantly to be seen. God, who is named 'He who is', meaning the One from whom everything comes into being, is nowhere to be seen. 'No one has seen God at any time' (John 1:18). That is why his very existence is a matter of dispute. He has, however, 'revealed himself' (John 21:1), and he promises to manifest himself to whomsoever keeps his commandmentsand loves him: 'I will manifest myself to him' (John 14:21). This book records simple events and conversations, all the while grappling with difficult questions. We see the human struggle to discover the person of God when he is veiled by the logic of this world, our limited understanding, and the arrogant pretentions of human littleness. The book engages intensely with complex and difficult issues...but which leave us confused and at times scandalised. What it does not do is give any direct answers, or try to persuade the reader through logic or impressive arguments. Its aim is to convey the sense of the discreet yet persuasive presence of the true God precisely in situations where He is not visible: in pain, in disability, in the tragedies of life, in inexorable death, as this comes across in true events and is reflected in the lives of real people.

Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian" - Souroti, Thessaloniki, Greece PART ONE: THE WAR OF THOUGHTS Chapter One: Good and Evil Thoughts Chapter Two: Blasphemous Thoughts Chapter Three: On Trusting Our Thoughts Chapter Four: The Struggle Against Thoughts PART TWO: RIGHTEOUSNESS AND INJUSTICE Chapter One: Acceptance of injustice Chapter Two: Excuses Turn Away God's Grace Chapter Three: Divine Righteousness and Human Righteousness PART THREE: SIN AND REPENTANCE Chapter One: Sin Tortures Man Chapter Two: Nurturing the Conscience Chapter Three: Observing and Knowing Our Self Chapter Four: Awareness of Our Sinfulness Moves God Chapter Five: The Immense Power of Repentance PART FOUR: THE EVIL FORCES OF DARKNESS Chapter One: Witchcraft and Sorcery Chapter Two: On the Possessed Chapter Three: The Terrible Deception Chapter Four: "The Deceivers and the Deceived" PART FIVE: THE POWER OF CONFESSION Chapter One: The Need for a Spiritual Guide Chapter Two: For an Effective Confession Chapter Three: The Spiritual Physician of the Soul Chapter Four: The Work of the Spiritual Father Upon Souls

https://t.me/athoniteaudio/6576 From: "Hesychia and Theology: The Context for Man's Healing in the Orthodox Church" - Chapter 9: From the Morning Watch until the Night (pages 231-256) - Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery, Levadia, Greece. www.pelagia.org 1. The Meaning of the Verse from the Psalms 2. Elder Sophrony 3. Elder Sophrony's 'Prayer at Daybreak' a) Personal Relationship with God b) Profound Self-Accusation c) Seeking a Blessing on the Whole Day d) Healing of the Will e) Eschatological Prayer 4. Living Examples 5. The Text of the Prayer at Daybreak

Theology as Charisma and Experience, continued a) St John the Theologian and Evangelist b) St Gregory the Theologian c) St Symeon the New Theologian d) St Gregory Palamas Discussion after the Talk Q1 Progress in Prayer Q2 The Worldwide Influence of Russian Theologians Q3 Curing Human Beings Q4 Noetic Prayer and Evagrius of Pontus Q5 The Method of Hypnotism and Orthodox Psychotherapy Q6 Obedience to the Spiritual Father Q7 Monasticism and Marriage in Relation to Deification Q8 Holy Communion and Confession Q9 Holy Communion and Holy Relics Q10 The Possibility of Baptism in the Mother’s Womb Q11 Birth Control Q12 The Relationship between the Divine Liturgy and the Jesus Prayer Q13 Theology and Philosophy Q14 Discerning between Thoughts Q15 Sorrow and Depression Part 3 - Romania 1. The Hesychastic Life according to St Basil the Great 1. Correspondence with St Gregory the Theologian 2. Sacred Hesychia and God’s Temple a) Wandering b) Leaving the World c) Life in the Wilderness d) Prayer and Reading e) Hesychia f ) Nous and Theoria g) Temple of the All-Holy Spirit h) Transformation of the Whole of Life 3. Hesychast and Celebrant Epilogue Discussion after the Talk Q1 The Link between Hesychastic Experience and the Divine Eucharist Q2 Theoria of the Divine Light Statement on the Television Station of the Patriarchate of Romania The International Conference on St Basil the Great 2. Bringing Up Children Today 1. Children are God’s Gift 2. Bringing up Children in the Church 3. Children as Equal Members of the Church 4. Difficulties connected with the Development and Upbringing of Children Today Discussion after the Talk Q1 The Hour of Death Q2 Sickness of the Nous Q3 Noetic Prayer Q4 Holy Communion and Confession Q5 Homeopathy Q6 Children in the Church Q7 Choosing Someone to Care for Children Q8 Dialogues between the Orthodox and non-Orthodox Q9 Children Facing Death Q10 Children and Church Attendance Q11 Religious Education in School Q12 Demonic Attacks on Children Q13 Psychological Disturbance Q14 Unloved Children 3. Interview - The Theology of St Gregory Palamas and the Scholasticism of Barlaam Q1 The Historical Context of the Life of St Gregory Palamas Q2 Influence of the Holy Mountain on his Life Q3 Effect of his Conflict with Barlaam Q4 Popular Interest in Theological Issues Q5 Summary of St Gregory Palamas’s Teaching Q6 Knowledge of God Q7 Patristic Teaching as the Basis of St Gregory Palamas’s Teaching Q8 Consequences of the Church’s Victory through St Gregory Palamas Q9 The Message of St Gregory Palamas for our Era 4. Interview - Therapy and Truth Part 4 - Georgia 1. About Orthodox Psychotherapy 1. Why the Book was written 2. The Book’s Title and Subtitle 3. Discussions about the Subject Matter of the Book 4. Orthodox Psychotherapy from the Psychological Point of View 5. Basic Elements of Orthodox Therapeutic Treatment Discussion after the Talk Part 5 - St Paissy Velichkovsky St Paissy Velichkovsky – A Great Hesychast Father 1. His Path to Monasticism 2. Searching for and Translating the Writings of Hesychast Fathers 3. Spiritual Guide to Hundreds and Thousands of Monks 4. Experiencing Hesychastic Monasticism 5. His Saintly Decease 6. The ‘Philokalic’ Movement in the Orthodox World Conclusion

The book The Orthodox Church in the World contains theological talks given by the author in Cyprus, Russia, Romania and Georgia at a variety of conferences. The Orthodox Church in the World includes subjects as: Personalism and Person, Theology as Science and as Charisma, The Hesychastic Life according to St Basil the Great, Bringing Up Children Today, Dogma and Ethics and Orthodox Psychotherapy. There are interviews on Therapy and Truth and The Theology of St Gregory Palamas and the Scholasticism of Barlaam, and the final chapter is devoted to St Paissy Velichkovsky – A Great Hesychast Father who “unites the Holy Mountain with the Balkans and Russia.” An unusual feature of The Orthodox Church in the World is the record of the wide-ranging discussions that took place between the author the audience after each talk. Answers are given on issues of the spiritual life, which will help the clergy, monks and laypeople, parents and young people. True theology can transform society. The author points out to his audience the great importance and value of the Church’s hesychastic tradition, which gives meaning to life. His Eminence the Metropolitan Hierotheos stresses that Orthodoxy possesses a spiritual therapeutic method for curing human beings so that, once cured, they can meet God as light and Paradise, and not as fire. Curing the human soul is not an individual act, but a method followed within the Church through the Sacraments and asceticism, by which man acquires unity with God. Discerning the depths of his listeners’ hearts and their concerns, the author answers them from his heart, revealing aspects of his own personal life. At the end of book, prompted by the publication of the book St Paissy Velichkovsky, by Professor Antonios-Emilios Tachiaos of the Theological School of the University of Thessaloniki, the author identifies basic points from this impressive and surprising biography of St Paissy, who loved hesychia and the neptic tradition of the Church from his youth.

St Paissy Velichkovsky - A Great Hesychast Father 1. His Path to Monasticism 2. Searching for and Translating the Writings of Hesychast Fathers 3. Spiritual Guide to Hundreds and Thousands of Monks 4. Experiencing Hesychastic Monasticism 5. His Saintly Decease 6. The 'Philokalic' Movement in the Orthodox World Conclusion (Pages 405 - 435 of "The Orthodox Church in the World: Talks and Discussions in Cyprus, Russia, Romania and Georgia") Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece

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THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST - (Excerpt from Feasts of the Lord by Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

https://t.me/athoniteaudio/6399 CHRIST'S PASSION & CROSS - (Excerpt from The Feasts of the Lord by Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

https://t.me/athoniteaudio/6285 Homily delivered in the Church of St. Nicholas, Trikala, Greece, 17 January, 1971. Excerpt from "The Church at Prayer" Edited and annotated by: The Holy Convent of the Annunciation, Ormylia. https://sebastianpress.org/the-church-at-prayer/