Are you struggling with pride, vainglory, or the constant need for validation? This video explores the final and most dangerous passions from the Ladder of Divine Ascent - vainglory and pride - and reveals their powerful antidotes: meekness, simplicity, and humility.

What You'll Learn:

✅ The difference between vainglory and pride (and why pride is deadlier)

✅ How validation-seeking destroys our spiritual life

✅ Why "fake saints" are more dangerous than honest sinners

✅ Practical steps to develop genuine humility

✅ How to respond rather than react when wronged

✅ The prayer that transforms proud hearts

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📚 Resources Referenced (Affiliate Links):

FREE DOWNLOADABLE GUIDE to "The Passions" Serieshttps://www.michaelanikolaenko.com/#freepassionsguide

📖 The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacushttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XMYTZ5R/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_DX1KQSTFH0NBD69EKGWJ?linkCode=ml1&tag=michaelare072-20

📖 Thirty Steps to Heaven by Fr. Vassilios Papavassiliouhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1936270897/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_FW05ZVMT36V1Q4WT5JVH?linkCode=ml1&tag=michaelare072-20

📖 Orthodox Study Biblehttps://www.amazon.com/dp/0718003594/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_83T623KVX235AS8T6KZ2?linkCode=ml1&tag=michaelare072-20

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🎧 Start from the beginning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGT8kg7CzX8

📖 Find the show notes here 👉 www.michaelanikolaenko.com/podcast

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🕒 Timestamps:

00:00-1:53 Intro

1:53-6:40 Vainglory

6:40-11:30 Pride

11:30-13:20 Meekness

13:20-16:35 Humility

16:35-17:54 Practical Steps

17:54-19:27 Closing