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

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The Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra is one of the most renowned elders of modern Greece.  The works collected in the present volume reflect the importance which the Elder consistently attached to prayer, spirituality, community life, worship, and liturgy.  The experientally based works "On Prayer" and "The Prayer of the Holy Mountain"' which deal primarily with the Prayer of the Heart, appear first, followed by the addresses "The Divine Liturgy" and "Our Church Attendance."  These are in turn followed by the more socially oriented discourses "Our Relations with Our Neighbor" and "Marriage:  The Great Sacrament."  Finally, this volume closes with the sermons "Spiritual Reading" and "The Spiritual Life", which in a simple and yet compelling manner set forth the conditions for "ascending to heaven on the wings of the Spirit."

Apologetic Matters

Table of Contents to follow

Part 2

Part 1

On Contemplation

On Thoughts, Fantasies, and Distraction

On Prayer and Watchfulness

On Prayer of the Nous and Heart

On Watchfulness and Noetic Prayer

The Art of Prayer

On the Practical Method of Noetic Prayer

The Path to Unceasing Prayer

Patristic Counsels on Prayer

Anthology on Noetic Prayer

On Condemnation

On Silence, Idle Talk, and Boldness

On Pride, Self-Reproach, and Humility

Excerpt from a Homily, "On Humility"

On Love and Forgiveness towards the Brethren

On Trials and Temptations

On Faith, Hope, and Patience

On Reverence and Love of the Elder

On Remembrance of Death

On Passions

On Carnal Warfare

On Anger

On Warfare with the Demons

On Spiritual Struggle

On Cowardice and Negligence

On Forcefulness, Courage, and Self-Denial

On Illness

On Sin, Repentance, Mourning, and Tears

On Confession and Spiritual Accounting

On Monasticism, Virginity, and Purity

On the World and Family

On Obedience, Disobedience, and the Cutting Off of the Will

Selections on Obedience

Part 1

Table of Contents to follow.

INVESTING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Orthodoxy in Dialogue with the Modern World, Volume 5 (Complete)
By: NIKOLAOS Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki. Alexander Press, Montreal 2017

Why Me, God? (Talk given at the '3rd Seminar on the psychosocial support of children with cancer and their families', Department of Oncology, 'Aglaia Kyriakou' Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece, 8-9 November, 2002.)

"Encountering God Through Transcendental Risks" - Lecture given at one of the regular events of the Panhellenic organization, the 'Friends of Mt. Athos,' at the Athens Archaeological Society on 19 November 2001.

"Not as the Word of Men, But as the Word of God Which is at Work in You" (1 Thessalonians 2.13). Excerpts from the discussion with Vassilis Argyriadis on the programme 'Anthropos Methorios', Radio Station of the Church of Piraeus, 5-6 February 2003.

"Authenticity in the Orthodox Experience Today" - Talk given to the Scientists' Division of the Saint Basil the Great Society for Missionary Work, Athens, Greece, 12 October 2003.

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Compiled by St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood

Translated by Ana Smiljanic

PART ONE

The Life of Elder Thaddeus

PART TWO

The Teachings of Elder Thaddeus

1. On Thoughts, 2. On Family Life, 3. On Humility, 4. On Serving God and Neighbor, 5. On Monasticism, 6. On Repentance, 7. On Prayer, 8. On Love, 9. On the Fallen World, 10. On Spiritual Struggle, 11. On the Faith, 12. On Inner Peace, 13. On the Spiritual Realm, 14. A Homily on the Dormition of the Mother of God, 15. Repentance is a Change of Life, 16. Collected Sayings of Elder Thaddeus

+May his prayers and blessings be upon us.

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 Athonite Elders of recent centuries, who, although differing greatly from each other in their backgrounds, characters and ways of life, all bear the evident seal of the presence of the Holy Spirit in their hearts, testifying to a troubled world that the purpose of man s existence is union with God.

The author, Archimandrite Cherubim Karambelas ( 1979), lived on Mount Athos in his youth, and searched out firsthand sources and living witnesses for his information on these Elders. In Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos, the most exalted teachings on asceticism and the vision of God are seen practically applied in the persons of these new luminaries, stars in our midst.

Part 6

Table of Contents for episode to follow

Part 5

Chapter 9 - The Keeper of the Holy Mountain

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Part 4

Table of Contents for this Episode to follow.

Part 3

(Part 2)

Table of Contents to follow.

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 legalistic, anti-hesychastic tradition originating from the West, St Gregory Palamas proved that prayer of the nous in the heart and the vision of the uncreated Light is part of the tradition of the Church.

The teaching of St Gregory Palamas has made an inestimable contribution to Orthodoxy and is very relevant to our times.

Part 5

(Excerpt) Chapter 9: On the Fallen World

Part 4

Part 3

Part 2

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, and was nourished by the lives of the Saints, whose feats he sought to imitate with great zeal and admirable precision. He practised unceasing prayer, cultivating all along the virtues of humility and love. He led an ascetic life on Mount Athos, in the Holy Monastery of Stomion in Konitsa, and on Mount Sinai in Egypt. He lived in obscurity, giving himself completely to God, and God in turn revealed him and gave him to the whole world. He guided, consoled, healed and granted peace to multitudes of people who sought him. His sanctified soul overflowed with divine love and his saintly face radiated the divine Grace. All day long, he tirelessly gathered the human pain and imparted divine consolation. He is the founder of the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti of Thessalonik, Greece, which he also guided spiritually for twenty-eight years (1967-1994). After suffering excruciating pains, which, as he used to say, benefited him more than the ascetic struggles of his entire life, he fell asleep in the Lord on 12 July 1994.

+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.

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 "desert" refers to the some of the very isolated places on Athos populated by hermit monks living hidden away in little huts or caves (as opposed to the large ancient monasteries on Athos). If we say that the Church is the spiritual army of God, then the monks are the Marines and the hermits are the Green Berets of prayer. interceding for the world and defeating the demons. The bishop is a frequent pilgrim to the Holy Mountain, the spiritual heartland of the Orthodox world. After a particularly fruitful visit with a hermit monk (a God-bearing elder who prefers anonymity), he wrote down their discussion about the Jesus Prayer and published it in Greek (now in over 9 Greek editions). It appeared in English in 1991, with six reprints and a revision, as well as in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic. This fascinating conversation has become a modern classic of Orthodox Christian spiritual literature, in the tradition of the Philokalia. Imported from Greece.

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. 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 "desert" refers to the some of the very isolated places on Athos populated by hermit monks living hidden away in little huts or caves (as opposed to the large ancient monasteries on Athos). If we say that the Church is the spiritual army of God, then the monks are the Marines and the hermits are the Green Berets of prayer. interceding for the world and defeating the demons. The bishop is a frequent pilgrim to the Holy Mountain, the spiritual heartland of the Orthodox world. After a particularly fruitful visit with a hermit monk (a God-bearing elder who prefers anonymity), he wrote down their discussion about the Jesus Prayer and published it in Greek (now in over 9 Greek editions). It appeared in English in 1991, with six reprints and a revision, as well as in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic. This fascinating conversation has become a modern classic of Orthodox Christian spiritual literature, in the tradition of the Philokalia. Imported from Greece.

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.

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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.

Published by: Saint Nilus Skete, Alaska

Written by: Hieromonk Ephraim

Book available: https://www.stnilus.org/book.htm

Excerpt:

Part VI - General Monastery Issues

14) Internet: i) Spiritual Harm, ii) Physical Harm, iii) Psychological Harm, iv) Cognitive Harm Pages 337 - 367

Book available from publisher: https://www.pelagia.org/the-feasts-of-the-lord.en.aspx

Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece

Translated by: Esther Williams

Chapter 4: The Meeting of Christ in the Temple

Published by Holy Cross Press, 1987

ISBN 10: 0917651448  ISBN 13: 9780917651441

Table of Contents: Chapter 1: First Impressions / Chapter 2: A Short Trip / Chapter 3: At the Monastery of Dionysiou / Chapter 4: I Become a Monk in Saint Anne / Chapter 5: My First Confession on the Holy Mountain / Chapter 6: Our Group As a Spiritual Nursery / Chapter 7: Scenes From the Life of our Kalyva

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Excerpt:

Chapter 10: Spiritual Trials (pages 193-207)

SVS Press, paperback, 1st Edition 1991.

Written by: Saint Sophrony of Essex, England

Translated from the Russian by: Rosemary Edmonds

Originally published in 1991 by the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Tolleshunt Knights by Maldon, Essex

"Man does not always find it easy with God. In the generally much prolonged periods when grace abandons the soul, God may appear a merciless tyrant. When all his efforts - often pushed to extreme limits - fail to obtain Divine mercy, man suffers acutely that were it possible, he would renounce existence in any form. What, then is the nature of suffering? Not an easy question to answer." (p. 193)

"The soul from love of the Lord has lost her wits. She sits it silence, with no wish to speak, and looks upon the world with mazed eyes, having no desire for it and seeing it not. And people do not know that she is contemplating her beloved Lord, that the world has been left behind and is forgotton, for there is no sweetness therein." (p. 207)

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Saint Silouan was a Russian peasant whose only formal education consisted of two winters at the village school. But on Mt Athos, rooted in a tradition reaching back to the very beginnings of Christian monasticism, he was taught of God and attained wisdom and spiritual maturity akin to that of the Desert Fathers.

CONTENTS:

1. Of the Knowledge of God
2. On Love
3. The Soul’s Yearning for God
4. Adam’s Lament
5. On the Mother of God and the Saints
6. We are God’s children—we are in the likeness of the Lord
7. On the Will of God and on Freedom
8. On Prayer
9. On Humility
10. Concerning Peace and Grace
11. Spiritual Warfare
12. Thoughts on departing from this life

Published by: Holy Monastery of the Evangelist John the Theologian - Souroti, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Contents include: Prefatory note, Preface, Introduction, The Life of our Blessed Father George (Hadji-Georgis), Letter of Hadji-Georgis to Metropolitan of Chios, The Spiritual Forefathers of Hadji-Georgis, Spiritual Laws, Epilogue

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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