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Homily delivered in the Church of St. Nicholas, Trikala, Greece, 17 January, 1971.

Excerpt from "The Church at Prayer"

Edited and annotated by: The Holy Convent of the Annunciation, Ormylia.

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Compiled by St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood

Translated by Ana Smiljanic

PART ONE

The Life of Elder Thaddeus

PART TWO

The Teachings of Elder Thaddeus

1. On Thoughts, 2. On Family Life, 3. On Humility, 4. On Serving God and Neighbor, 5. On Monasticism, 6. On Repentance, 7. On Prayer, 8. On Love, 9. On the Fallen World, 10. On Spiritual Struggle, 11. On the Faith, 12. On Inner Peace, 13. On the Spiritual Realm, 14. A Homily on the Dormition of the Mother of God, 15. Repentance is a Change of Life, 16. Collected Sayings of Elder Thaddeus

+May his prayers and blessings be upon us.

(Excerpt) Chapter 9: On the Fallen World

Published by: Saint Nilus Skete, Alaska

Written by: Hieromonk Ephraim

Book available: https://www.stnilus.org/book.htm

Excerpt:

Part VI - General Monastery Issues

14) Internet: i) Spiritual Harm, ii) Physical Harm, iii) Psychological Harm, iv) Cognitive Harm

Book available from publisher: https://www.pelagia.org/the-feasts-of-the-lord.en.aspx

Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece

Translated by: Esther Williams

Chapter 4: The Meeting of Christ in the Temple

Published by Holy Cross Press, 1987

ISBN 10: 0917651448  ISBN 13: 9780917651441

Table of Contents: Chapter 1: First Impressions / Chapter 2: A Short Trip / Chapter 3: At the Monastery of Dionysiou / Chapter 4: I Become a Monk in Saint Anne / Chapter 5: My First Confession on the Holy Mountain / Chapter 6: Our Group As a Spiritual Nursery / Chapter 7: Scenes From the Life of our Kalyva

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Chapter 10: Spiritual Trials (pages 193-207)

SVS Press, paperback, 1st Edition 1991.

Written by: Saint Sophrony of Essex, England

Translated from the Russian by: Rosemary Edmonds

Originally published in 1991 by the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Tolleshunt Knights by Maldon, Essex

"Man does not always find it easy with God. In the generally much prolonged periods when grace abandons the soul, God may appear a merciless tyrant. When all his efforts - often pushed to extreme limits - fail to obtain Divine mercy, man suffers acutely that were it possible, he would renounce existence in any form. What, then is the nature of suffering? Not an easy question to answer." (p. 193)

"The soul from love of the Lord has lost her wits. She sits it silence, with no wish to speak, and looks upon the world with mazed eyes, having no desire for it and seeing it not. And people do not know that she is contemplating her beloved Lord, that the world has been left behind and is forgotton, for there is no sweetness therein." (p. 207)

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Saint Silouan was a Russian peasant whose only formal education consisted of two winters at the village school. But on Mt Athos, rooted in a tradition reaching back to the very beginnings of Christian monasticism, he was taught of God and attained wisdom and spiritual maturity akin to that of the Desert Fathers.

CONTENTS:

1. Of the Knowledge of God
2. On Love
3. The Soul’s Yearning for God
4. Adam’s Lament
5. On the Mother of God and the Saints
6. We are God’s children—we are in the likeness of the Lord
7. On the Will of God and on Freedom
8. On Prayer
9. On Humility
10. Concerning Peace and Grace
11. Spiritual Warfare
12. Thoughts on departing from this life