Sunday, January 29, 2012

Noetic Prayer Is Incompatible with Concealment of Thoughts

›
Elder Joseph the Hesychast. "Monastic Wisdom". From Letter 55. Elder Joseph the Hesychast Heart prayer is not susceptible to ...

Saint Nicetas of the Kiev Caves Got over Delusion

›
Living of Saint Nicetas of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Novgorod. January 31, old style/ Febriary 13, new style and April 30, old style/ May 13...

It Is Impossible to Escape Delusion without Confession

›
Extracts from the book by Archimandrite Sofronii. " Saint Silouan the Athonite". Saint Silouan the Athonite Beware these two thoug...

How to Avoid Delusion

›
Elder Joseph the Hesychast. "Monastic Wisdom". Elder Joseph the Hesychast My child, hear about another delusion.  There are a...

Fear During Divine Service Because of Unconfessed Sins

›
The Letters of Saint Ambrose of Optina. Saint Ambrose of Optina I have received your letter dated 30 September. You write about yourself in...

True Visions From God are Often a Consolation in Suffering

›
Elder Joseph the Hesychast. "Monastic Wisdom". Elder Joseph the Hesychast So, my priest, that lady you wrote about is a holy...

Saint Silouan the Athonite Overcame Delusion

›
Archimandrite Sofronii. "Saint Silouan, the Athonite". Saint Silouan, the Athonite I myself was twice deluded. Once the enemy show...

Healing through Ignoble Obediences

›
Hieromartyr Archimandrite Kronid (Lyubimov). "Trinity Lavra flowers from the spiritual meadow." Hieromartyr Kronid (Lyubimov...

The Man Who Engages in Prayer without Spiritual Director or Who Does not Trust His Confessor, Falls into Delusion

›
Archimandrite Sofronii. " Saint Silouan the Athonite". On Prayer He who loves the Lord is ever mindful of Him, and the thought of...

The Tactics of the Devil – Either Belittling or Increasing the Severity of a Sin

›
Saint Barsanuphius of Optina. Do you know the Devil's tactics? You really need to know it. When the Devil knows that some man has a sin...

Nothing So Harms a Monk As Hiding His Thoughts from His Spiritual Father

›
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos. "Orthodox psychotherapy." Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos An effective method of gettin...

Frequent Communion Because of Self-conceit

›
Hieromartyr Bishop Arseny (Zhadanovsky). "Spiritual Diary". Hieromartyr Bishop Arsenius (Zhadanovsky) Once I was told about the ...

Healing Ability from the Demons

›
The Letters of Elder John Krestiankin. Elder John (Krestiankin) (1910 - 5.2.2006) Dear in the Lord, A. And I will tell you categoric...

Layman Started Reading Priestly Prayers

›
What are the prayers that the laity can not read and why. We commit the sin of sacrilege, because we assume the honour that does not belong...

True Discernment Comes from True Humility

›
Saint John Cassian. "Conferences". The Second Conference of Abbot Moses. On Discretion. Chapter X. The answer how true discretion ...

How to Obtain Discernment of Spirits

›
Saint Seraphim of Sarov. It is very useful to spend time reading the word of God in solitude and to read the whole Bible with understandin...

Delusion After Ascetic Life without Holy Communion and Counsel

›
Bishop Palladius. "The Lausiac History". Chapter XXVII.  Ptolemy Again another monk, Ptolemy by name, lived a life difficult, eve...

The Worthless Gifts of the Deceived

›
Elder Paisios the Athonite. "Spiritual Counsels (vol. III): Spiritual Struggle". Geronda, why is it that people often resort to de...

Wrong and Correct Ways of the Prayer

›
Saint Symeon the New Theologian. "The Three Ways of Attention and Prayer". Translated from Greek by Demetrios S. Skagias, 11/96 Tr...

On False Interpretations of Scripture

›
Saint John Climacus. "The Ladder of Divine Ascent". Step 26. When we begin religious life, some unclean demons give us lessons in...

All Who Does Not Need to Repent Is in Delusion

›
Letters of Archbishop Theophan of Poltava. What does it mean to say "we are all in prelest"? Archbishop Theophan of Poltava You wr...

On Divine and Deceptive Sweetness

›
Saint Diadochos of Photiki. "On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination. One Hundred Texts". From Philokalia, Vol. 1. 31. When our ...

On False Revelations

›
Alexei Ilyich Osipov. "Individual Revelation and Its Indications". Translated by Nun Cornelia A question of no less importance ...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Elder Reveals Concealed Sins

›
Episode from the life of Saint Barsanuphius of Optina. Saint Barsanuphius of Optina (1845 - 1913) Here are the astounding memoirs about conf...

Elder Daniel Cures Spiritual Delusion

›
Archimandrite Cherubim. "Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos". Elder Daniel Katounakiotis: Stories of Apocalyptic and Demoni...

Danger of Delusion when Practicing the Jesus Prayer

›
Hieromonk Adrian (Pashin). “The Way of a Pilgrim” and Bishop Ignatius (Brianchaninov’s) Teaching on Prayer". Basing himself on the leg...

On Sectarianism

›
Metropolitan Anthony (Krapovitsky). "Confession". 10. Spiritual Delusion (Prelest). Metropolitan Anthony (Krapovitsky) Weak faith ...

On Mysticism of Francis of Assisi

›
Fr. George Macris. "A Comparison of the Mysticism of Francis of Assisi With That of St. Seraphim of Sarov". Originally printed in...

Signs of Grace and Delusion

›
St. Gregory of Sinai (~1275 - 1346) Saint Gregory of Sinai. "On the Signs of Grace and Delusion, Written for the Confessor Longino...

Difference Between Grace and Delusion: Grace is Light

›
Saint Seraphim of Sarov. "On Acquisition of the Holy Spirit". "And I must further explain, your Godliness, the difference be...

Spiritual Discernment in the Orthodox Tradition

›
Nun Macaria. "The Angel of Light and Spiritual Discernment in the Orthodox Tradition" –an Epiphany Journal Reprint. The knigh...

Two Forms and Three Sources of Delusion

›
Saint Gregory of Sinai. "On Commandments and Doctrines, Warnings and Promises; On Thoughts, Passions and Virtues, and Also on Stillne...