Ascetic spiritual teachings
How does a monk prepare himself: The first basis for those who desire and desire the monastic life is that they have nothing, and after that they must […]
The twentieth meeting: with Father Benovius - fruits of repentance and signs of forgiveness
1- Introduction Now that I am relating to you the teachings of Father Beneuvius, the great and excellent man, regarding the goal of repentance, I think I can overlook
Method and ideas of Saint John Cassian
Sources of his thought Quasten believes that Cassian's spiritual teachings depend on the Bible in addition to his connection with Alexandrian theological thought, especially in...
On Repentance - Two Letters by Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Introduction God…the friend of sinners Your thirst for a friend Man as a social creature, fears loneliness and dreads isolation and stillness, longs to satisfy his heart, no
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Chapter Twenty-Five - The Transformation of the World
The Church's war, then, is not against the body but against its passions. If the man of the new creation is freed from his corrupt passions, his senses and his entire body will become pure and enlightened, and everything around him will shine with the love and glory of God. In the lives of the saints of our Church there are examples of liberation from the slavery of passions.
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Arsanius of Bocca the Roman Saint
Saint Arsanius was born on September 29, 1910 in a small village in Romania to pious Orthodox parents, Joseph and Christina.
About the sacrament of repentance
” التوبة الحقيقيّة تجلب التّقديس “ Å التّوبة الحقيقيّة تجلب التّقديس لا شيءَ أعظمُ سموّاً ممّا يسمّى “التّوبة والإعتراف”. هذا