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St. Maximos the Confessor, who served God from 580-662, is one of the great theologians of the Orthodox Catholic Church. This devout monk, was a leading Constantinopolitan intellectual, a prolific author on doctrinal, ascetical, exegetical and liturgical subjects, and a confessor of Holy Orthodoxy who lost his right hand and tongue for his stentorian opposition to heresy. In 8 lectures, Father Maximos (Simonopetritis) – a highly esteemed patrologist and the world’s leading authority on the teaching of St. Maximos the Confessor – presents an edifying overview of the life and works of this magnificent man of God and teacher of the Church. Father Maximos is Senior Research Scholar at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. The lectures are entitled: • What is a Church Father? • An Overview of the Life of St. Maximos • An Introduction to the Works of St. Maximos: Part 1 • An Introduction to the Works of St. Maximos: Part 2 • The Theology of St. Maximos: Part 1 The Ambigua • The Theology of St. Maximos: Part 2 The Ambigua • The Theology of St. Maximos: Questions of Thalassius: Part 1 • The Theology of St. Maximos: Questions of Thalassius: Part 2 • PDF: The Iconography of St. Maximos the Confessor To download this series, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.

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Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to present a new lecture series by Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou entitled, The Christian Life is Impossible...All We are Able to Do is to Die Daily. In this series of six lectures following by an extended question and answer session, Father Zacharias uncovers troves of collected wisdom from the great ascetics of the Church in ancient and contemporary times concerning the cultivation of man's inner life. These lectures are not just a magnificent culling of the patristic treasury, but are chock-full of insights from Father Zacharias' own life and experience as a spiritual son of Elder Sophrony of Essex. The lectures are entitled: The Cross of Christ: The Justification of God and Man Overturning the Pyramid of the Created World The Love of Enemies Prophetic Life and Authenticity in the Church Building the Temple of God in Ourselves and Our Fellows Fattening the Soul through Hesychia and Tears Questions and Answers All six lectures plus questions and answers are available for direct download for $15. To download the remaining lectures for this series, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.

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Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to present this nine lecture series by Father Zacharias Zacharou entitled: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life. In these lectures, saturated by the teaching of Holy Scripture, the Church Fathers, and especially the lives and teachings of St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex, Father Zacharias describes the process of salvation as it is prefigured in the history of ancient Israel. Beginning with the deliverance from Egyptian tyranny when Israel was drunk with divine consolation, continuing through the extended wilderness wanderings, and culminating in the entrance into the Promised Land—Father Zacharias unfolds the mystery of life in Christ—what he calls an ever-increasing and dynamic relationship with God. These lectures were codified into a book entitled Remember Thy First Love: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life in the Theology of Elder Sophrony which is available from Amazon or from Father Zacharias’ American distributor: Mount Thabor Publishing. To download the remaining lectures for this series, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.