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Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   Hesychasm is a spiritual phenomenon, the quintessence of the ascetical tradition in the Orthodox Church. Through the practice of hesychasm, the soul of man is ‘fattened’ by the grace of God, it receives a hypostasis. The martyrs offer their life to God and enter Paradise in Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsMay 24, 2022 ago
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The wonderful Fr. Daniil and his amazing appearance with healing gifts

On another occasion, there was a monk from one of the neighboring ‘Wallachian’ [Romanian] kellia who had taken ill and had found some relief from eating little, slightly bitter cucumbers. Winter came and he began to feel the same pains, from the same illness, so he went down to Saint Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsJune 9, 2021 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

The Tension of Hesychia (Stillness)

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   The period we are now going through is characterised by the silent expectation of the greatest event under the sun, the coming in the Flesh of the Saviour God on earth. All the great events of God’s dealings with man, which are recorded in sacred history, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 years ago
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What do they reject?

Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos   Monastics leave the world because they reject its unwholesome spirit. But in leaving the world, they don’t abandon the human person. Proof of this is that people come and find them, they come and attach themselves to them, they come and want some sort of communication, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 years ago
Pemptousia Partnership

The Tension of Hesychia (Stillness)

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   The period we are now going through is characterised by the silent expectation of the greatest event under the sun, the coming in the Flesh of the Saviour God on earth. All the great events of God’s dealings with man, which are recorded in sacred history, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 years ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Abbot Damascene: Holy Mountain

Watch Now “Athos is the motherland of orthodox monasticism in the world!”: In this part of his interview to Pemptousia, Archimandrite Damascene talks about his experience of his visits to Athos, the Holy Mountain. Source: pemptousia.com  

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsSeptember 3, 2020 ago
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Abbot Damascene: Brotherhood of Monastery St Herman of Alaska

Father Damascene, abbot of St. Herman of Alaska Monastery, talks to Pemptousia about the history of the brotherhood of the Monastery and how the brotherhood turned from missionary to monastic. He is mentioning some important spiritual words of Father Seraphim Rose and he is describing the situation of Orthodoxy in Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsAugust 22, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Monk Nektarios Prodromitis (1808-1903)

Elder Moses the Athonite   He was born in the town of Husi in Romania in 1808, of God-fearing parents. Even as a child he was a wonderful chanter, with his profound knowledge and really sweet voice. As a young man, influenced by his brother, Monk Alexander, he donned the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsAugust 3, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Evangelical Monasticism – Part 3

Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou †   The immediate fruit of God’s love is the love of the image of God, that of people and all God’s creatures. Through years of ascetic effort, monastics acquire a ‘merciful heart’, which loves as God does. According to Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 24, 2019 ago
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Evangelical Monasticism – Part 2

Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou †   Only the heart of a person who is continuously being cleansed by repentance from egotism, selfishness and the passions can really love God and other people. Egotism and love are irreconcilable. It’s often the case that egotism believes Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 19, 2019 ago

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