Blog about Prelest among Orthodox People
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

How Archimandrite Parthenius Got Healed of Sloth

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Priest Sergiy Tishkun. Ilya Kabanov. “People of the Greek Church”. Hieromonk Ephimius (Jafarov) tells the story: Our elder [Archimandr...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

On Danger of Delusion in Relation to Prayer

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On the Prayer of Jesus. From the ascetic essays of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov. The Danger of Delusion St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov...
Saturday, December 7, 2019

Psychologist Vyacheslav Borovsky, about Pride

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Psychologist Vyacheslav Borovsky speaking of pride as the cause of neurosis (TV program “First Nature”). Vyacheslav Borovsky Par...
Monday, October 21, 2019

Grace Leaves Because of Conceit

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Saint Theophan the Recluse. "What is spiritual life and how to tune into it?" St. Theophan the Recluse Be afraid of se...

There was a Danger for a Woman to Fall into Delusion in Case of Tonsure

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From the life of the venerable Ambrose of Optina (compiled by Archimandrite Agapit Belovidov). St. Ambrose of Optina “For five yea...

No Need for the Humble to Be Afraid of Delusion

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Saint Theophan the Recluse. Letters. Issue 4. From the letter 322. No need to be afraid of delusion. It happens with the proud people on...

Warning against the Delusion

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Letters of St. Macarius of Optina. Volume VI. Letter 109. St. Macarius of Optina ...We find it worth to offer a remark for considera...

Venerable Niphon Healed a Monk from Delusion

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From the life of St. Niphon of Athos, who lived in the XIV century Another monk living in a separate cell relied on himself and on his o...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Is it Necessary to Confess the Sin that Is Forsaken?

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Question to a priest Last winter, after worshiping the relics of the Saint Blessed Matrona of Moscow, miraculously, sin which I could no...

Scary Demonic Vision Due to Concealment of Sins

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"The Great Watch". From the cell notes of Hieromonk Jerome. One of devoted people, wishing to retire to the monastery, asked t...

The Reason of the Cooling of Faith in God May Be the Lack of Real Repentance for Some Sin

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Questions to a priest on the Spas TV channel. Protopriest Alexander Nikolsky. A woman, let’s suppose, comes up to me, and says: now I ...

Shame to Confess Sins (Questions to a Priest)

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Question to a priest February 11, 2013 Hello! The situation is such that I committed one sin. I repent of it, but I can’t confess to t...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Communion When Concealing Sins

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Schema-archimandrite Abraham (Reidman). Unworthy communion as an aspect of spiritual life. Report at the conference "Life of the Eu...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

The Ladder about Discernment

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St. John of Sinai. "The Ladder of Divine Ascent". Step 26. On discernment of thoughts, passions and virtues 1. Discernment...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

About the Temptations During the Jesus Prayer

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Letters of St. Ambrose of Optina. Letter 373. Saint Ambrose of Optina The enemy confuses you with various perplexities. The Holy Fat...

An Ordinary Person Cannot Bear True Visions from God

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Question to Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov in the Radonezh radio studio. October 29, 2006. Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov Question. The se...

About Self-justification as a Cause of Delusion

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Hegumen Nikon (Vorobiev). "How to live today. Letters on the spiritual life". Hegumen Nikon (Vorobiev) * * * 1949 Pe...

From the Lack of Sobriety and Repentance, New Converts Fall into Delusion

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Question on Soyuz TV channel on December 8, 2013. Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov answers, the host is Archpriest Alexander Berezovsky. A...

How to Get Rid of Delusion?

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Question from a viewer of the Soyuz TV channel. “Received a call from Voronezh: “Your Grace, how to get rid of delusion? Is it possible ...
Friday, August 2, 2019

About the Rites of Renunciation of Sectarianism and Occult

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Monk John (Adlivankin) and Hegumen Ephraim (Vinogradov). "Pastoral care of the people coming from sects and the occult. The canonical p...
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Saturday, June 15, 2019

Mysticism and delusion

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Prof. A.I. Osipov. "Mysticism and delusion". Lecture at the Moscow Theological Academy, 5th year, 22.01.2007. https://www.youtu...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

What church is true?

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Priest George Maximov. "A question that the Protestants never ask." Priest George Maximov When we – Orthodox Christians – ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

The Thought "from God" Began Dictating what to Do

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From the book of Hieromonk Joachim (Sabelnikov) "The Great Watch". Own cell notes of hieromonk Jerome Solomentsov. The events ...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

How to Acquire Discernment of Thoughts (for hermit monks in the first place)

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Evagrius. "On thoughts". 26. How to Acquire the Knowledge of Discernment. If any of the hermits wishes to receive from the L...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Danger of Delusion When Living in Solitude

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St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov). "On Prelest". On Hermitic Life. St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) Let it be known to beloved bro...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

The Ladder about False Tears

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St. John of Sinai. "The ladder of Divine ascent". Step 7. On mourning which causes joy. 29. When we see anger and pride in ...
Friday, March 17, 2017

About Discernment of Thoughts (for hermit monks or those preparing to become ones)

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Saints Barsanuphius and John the Prophet. "Letters". Letter 124 Question from a monk named Theodore to the Great Old Man: ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

A Man Began to Pray for the Grace to Descend upon him

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Schema-archimandrite Abraham (Reidman). "The good part." Obstructions in the spiritual life and the desire for grace. Schema...

The Kingdom of God Cometh not with Observation

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Letters of St. Macarius of Optina. St. Macarius of Optina I repeat you about the prayer that the very thought to have the action of...

You can not Solicit Gifts of God Ahead of Time

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St. Isaac the Syrian. "Ascetic Words." Word 55. One of the saints wrote: "If one does not consider himself a sinner, his...

Saint Nectarios about Expectation of Gifts from God

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Saint Nectarios of Aegina. "The Way to Happiness." Reasoning. Saint Nectarios of Aegina I wish you have the reasoning and ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Elder Daniel about the Visions

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Elder Daniel of Katounakia. “The Angelic Life”. Letters. (translated from Russian) Elder Daniel of Katounakia Answer of monk Danie...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Symptoms of Delusion

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Professor N.E. Pestov. "Modern practice of Orthodox virtue". Professor N.E. Pestov (1892-14.1.1982) The beginning of delusi...

Mental Illness Due to Unconfessed Childhood Sins

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Letters of St. Ambrose of Optina. Letter 390. St. Ambrose of Optina You write about your brother who suffers from mental illness o...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Understanding of Delusion among the Holy Fathers

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St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) (1807-1867) clearly explained the teaching of the Holy Fathers about del...

Patriarch Alexy II about False Healers

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Patriarch Alexy II From an interview for "Profile" journal, 2000. Your Holiness, our society today is simply sick with int...

70-years Old Ascetic Fell into Fornication and was not Able to Confess it

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Schema-archimandrite Abraham (Reidman). "The good part." From the conversation about self-pity and overconfidence. Schema-ar...
Friday, September 25, 2015

About False Unceasing Prayer

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Schema-archimandrite Abraham (Reidman). The good part. Conversations with the monks. 44. About delusion. Schema-archimandrite Abraham ...
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