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HYPOTHESIS 31: One who has come to the ascetic life should only be closed in monastic garb after he has been sufficiently trained in the virtues; the monastic schema is honorable, soul-profiting, and salvific.
HYPOTHESIS 32: The faithful monk should display a manner of life that is appropriate to his schema; for he does not live in conformity with his schema is not faithful; likewise, a Godly old age is not characterized by length of time, but by the way in which a man lives.
HYPOTHESIS 33: The faithful monk should eagerly accept whatever his spiritual Father suggests to him, because all such suggestions are in his interest, even if they induce distress or are arduous; for mercy is given by God for this purpose, and for the alleviation of afflictions.
HYPOTHESIS 34: We should be obedient to our superiors in the Lord, even unto death, and love and fear them.
HYPOTHESIS 35: We should be subject in simplicity to our superiors in the Lord and accept their orders as coming from God, without criticizing, examining, or correcting them, even if they do not seem for the time being to be a benefit.
HYPOTHESIS 36: What the sins of disobedience and grumbling against our teachers in the Lord are; the Christian should not object at all or justify himself, but should in all cases resist his own will and love reproof, not avoid it.
HYPOTHESIS 37: One should not condemn his teacher, even if his teacher does some things at variance with what he teaches; for many disciples have trusted themselves to negligent teachers and, not having condemned them, but remaining subject to them in the Lord, have saved themselves and have become the cause of their teachers’ salvation.
HYPOTHESIS 38: How the Grace of God often teaches those who watch over themselves and entrust themselves to His Providence what they ought to do through simple people and strangers; the humble do not refuse to learn from anyone they may encounter.
HYPOTHESIS 39: The faithful Christian should not be confident in himself, but should believe that through his spiritual Father he is both saved and enabled to do everything good; and he should invoke the prayers of his Elder, for they have great power.
HYPOTHESIS 40: That one should not lightly go out of, or withdraw from, the monastery which he has promised, in the sight of God, to remain until the end of his life; for the Fathers did not even go out of their cells, in which they found great benefit.

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THE EVERGETINOS: A Complete Text - Book 1
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THE EVERGETINOS: A Complete Text - Book 1

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Saint Porphyrios the Prophet - Witnesses - Volume 2

   Many of the miraculous events with regard to Saint Porphyrios remain, to this day -possibly forever- unknown, the same as his great struggles, which he diligently kept secret. This book is just one more piece added to a mystical mosaic that will be revealed to us long after.
    Saint Porphyrios is a unique presence in the history of our Church, not only due to his exceptional charismata -gifts of grace- his hidden ascesis and his vast agape but also due to the orifinality of his teachings. He demonstrated that Christ is our friend, our brother, dispersing the fear of punishment ad hell, He advises us to eschew passions, to pay no attention to our bad side and, instead, give ourselves with wholehearted zeal to the love of Christ. In this manner, he guides us towards unbloody sanctification, by demonstrating a way of ascesis born out of love and gratitude to God.
    We tend to enjoy the fruits and forget about the care and the effort that goes into growing the tree. We enjoy the Saint's grace, with no appreciation for the labor and the sacrifices necessary to reach such heights, and most of all, to remain for seventy years a steadfast, luminous, warm sun. A sun that shone down from Athos and illumined the horizon. It is truly impossible to shed light on the entirety of the Saint's spiritual toil; the task feels as if you lit a candle and hoped to illuminate a planet. This book is such a candle... (From the prologue of the book)

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The world we live has been called a 'vale of tears', a 'place of weeping' - perhaps with good reason. Wherever you turn you see pain, sorrow, undeserved suffering, death, and sin. The 'ruler of this world' (Jn 12:31), the 'world ruler' (Eph. 6:12) is the devil. He is constantly to be seen. God, who is named 'He who is', meaning the One from whom everything comes into being, is nowhere to be seen. 'No one has seen God at any time' (John 1:18). That is why his very existence is a matter of dispute. He has, however, 'revealed himself' (John 21:1), and he promises to manifest himself to whomsoever keeps his commandmentsand loves him: 'I will manifest myself to him' (John 14:21). This book records simple events and conversations, all the while grappling with difficult questions. We see the human struggle to discover the person of God when he is veiled by the logic of this world, our limited understanding, and the arrogant pretentions of human littleness. The book engages intensely with complex and difficult issues...but which leave us confused and at times scandalised. What it does not do is give any direct answers, or try to persuade the reader through logic or impressive arguments. Its aim is to convey the sense of the discreet yet persuasive presence of the true God precisely in situations where He is not visible: in pain, in disability, in the tragedies of life, in inexorable death, as this comes across in true events and is reflected in the lives of real people.

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Against his will and at a very young age, young George finds himself in Tibet, "dedicated" to a Buddhist monastery by his grandfather. After fourteen years of devotion to the black arts and worshipping Satan, he finds himself on Mount Athos at age 16, where with the help of Saint Paisius, George learns to confront the forces of darkness with the power of Christ the Light.

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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