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Purchase a copy of The Art of Salvation direct from the publisher and Holy Monastery: https://saintnektariosmonastery.com/The-Art-of-SalvationHomily 32: Let Every Breath Praise the LordAthonite Audio is an amateur, volunteer based ongoing narration project dedicated to open source broadcast and free distribution of spoken word from literature translated into English from the Holy Monasteries of Mount Athos, Greece, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and beyond.Please consider a listener support donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=U5LVZ28LK275C

Written by: Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & ArizonaPurchase a copy directly from publisher H.M. St. Anthony the Great: https://stanthonysmonastery.org/products/my-elder-joseph-the-hesychastPART 2:My Life with Elder JosephGeronda's Teachings to MeCarnal WarfareGeronda's Gifts of Clairvoyance and ForesightOur DietVigilOral PrayerMy VigilAfter My VigilWrestling with ThoughtsWorkSilenceFastingMy IllnessesA Man of LoveA Man of Love, continuedThe Calendar IssueFather HaralambosOur OrdinationsLife with Papa-HaralambosGero-ArseniosOther Spiritual ChildrenNew SketeElder Joseph's SunsetThe End ApproachesHis Holy ReposeAfter His ReposeGuidance from BeyondHis LegacyAfterword for the English EditionListener support: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=U5LVZ28LK275C

Written by: Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & ArizonaPurchase a copy directly from publisher: https://stanthonysmonastery.org/products/my-elder-joseph-the-hesychastPART 1: 1. Prologue2. In Athens3. His turn towards God4. In search of a spiritual guide5. Father Arsenios - his life in the world6. With Elder Ephraim the Barrel-Maker7. Submission to Elder Ephraim8. Move to St. Basil's Skete9. Formation of a Sisterhood10. Second visit to the world11. Return to the Holy Mountain12. His first brotherhood - Father John13. Father Athanasios14. Other Fathers15. Father Athanaios Kampsanaos16. Papa Ephraim of Katounakia17. In the Small Skete of St. Anne18. Spiritual Struggles19. Father Ioannikioshttps://t.me/athoniteaudio

https://www.stnilus.org/book.htmCHAPTER 4: VIRGINITY1. Reason for Virginity2. Value of Virginity3. Angelic Nature of Virginity4. Duration of Virginity5. Superiority of Celibacy to Marriage6. Inferiority of Virginity7. Virginity of Soul8. Acquiring Chastityhttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=U5LVZ28LK275C

Purchase a copy of "The Angelic Life: A Vision of Orthodox Monasticism" directly from publisher and/or Amazon Books, Barnes & Noble: https://www.stnilus.org/book.htmCHAPTER 3: OBEDIENCE1. Reason for Obedience2. Requirement for Complete Obedience3. Harm of Partial Obedience4. Disobeying Harmful Orders5. Obeying Harmful Orders6. Obedience and FreedomListener Support for ongoing narration projects: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=U5LVZ28LK275CTelegram episode of above with downloadable mp3 files for off-line listening: https://t.me/athoniteaudio/9722

Purchase a copy directly from publisher and/or Amazon Books, Barnes & Noble: https://www.stnilus.org/book.htmCHAPTER TWO: THE ABBOT1. His Characteristics2. His Responsibilities3. Making Corrections4. Punishments5. His Authority6. Governing Souls7. Mistakes by the Abbot8. Hearing Confessions9. SeniorityListener Support for ongoing narration projects: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=U5LVZ28LK275CTelegram episode with downloadable mp3 files for off-line listening: https://t.me/athoniteaudio/9697

Purchase a copy directly from publisher and/or Amazon Books: https://www.stnilus.org/book.htmAbout This BookIntroductionPrefaceChapter One: Becoming a Monk1. What is a Monk?2. The Novitiatei) Whom to Acceptii) Age Limitsiii) How to Evaluate a Noviceiv) When to Tonsure a Novicev) The Departure of Novices3. Renunciation of the World4. Stability5. The Monastic Struggle---end of Chapter One---Listener Support: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=U5LVZ28LK275CTelegram episode with downloadable mp3: https://t.me/athoniteaudio/9676

"Orthodox Kypseli" Publications - Thessalonkia, GreeceListener support for ongoing narration projects: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=U5LVZ28LK275CTelegram host episode with free downloadable mp3 files: https://t.me/athoniteaudio/9659Become familiar with "Orthodox Kypseli" Publications:1. The Church Fathers on Love in Truth2. Counsels for Life: The Life and Teachings of of Father Epiphanios Theodoropoulous https://t.me/athoniteaudio/54633. Papa-Dimitri Gagastathis, The Man of God4. Paternal Counsels, Volumes 1 & 2 - Father Philotheos Zervakos https://t.me/athoniteaudio/30615. Elder Gervasios (Paraskevopoulos of Patra6. Practical Guide of Orthodoxy & Orthopraxia https://t.me/athoniteaudio/56727. The Blessed Elder George Karslides (1901-1959)8. Miracles, Which My Eyes Have Seen9. In General about the close of the age, the antichrist and the 2nd Coming of Christ10. Saint Parthenios of Crete11. Talks with Father Paisios

"Adam, father of all mankind, in paradise knew the sweetness of the love of God; and so when for his sin he was driven forth from the garden of Eden, and was widowed of the love of God, he suffered grievously and lamented with a mighty moan. And the whole desert rang with his lamentations. His soul was racked as he thought: 'I have grieved my beloved Lord.' He sorrowed less after paradise and the beauty thereof - he sorrowed that he was bereft of the love of God, which insatiably, at every instant, draws the soul to Him.In the same way the soul which has known God through the Holy Spirit but has afterwards lost grace experiences the torment that Adam suffered. There is an aching and a deep regret in the soul that has grieved the beloved Lord.Adam pined on earth, and wept bitterly, and the earth was not pleasing to him. He was heartsick for God, and this was his cry:'My soul wearies for the Lord, and I seek Him in tears.'Thus did Adam lament, and the tears steamed down his face on to his beard, on to the ground beneath his feet, and the whole desert heard the sound of his moaning."- page 448 from The Writings of St. Silouan the Athonite as complied and edited by St. Sophrony of Essex

JOURNEY INTO THE STILLNESS OF THE DESERTChapter 1: The Life of St. Mary of EgyptChapter 2: The Life of St. EugeniaChapter 3: The Life of St. EvpraxiaChapter 4: The Life of St. EuphrosyneChapter 5: The Life of St. Thais the HarlotChapter 6: The Life of St. Mary the HarlotChapter 7: The Life of St. Pelagia the HarlotChapter 8: The Life of St. Maria (Marinus)The lives of eight women saints who battled against the passions and overcame the devil, emerging from the contest as triumphant victors.The great holy women of the Orthodox Church lived ascetically in silence, fasting, and prayer and found hesychia—the deep inner stillness that leads the soul to spiritual peace and perfect union with God. Concentrating their entire being within, they made their heart heaven and lived paradise on earth, the Lord dwelling with them. They left us their lives as guides so that we could follow their footprints to the priceless peace found only in God.Published by: Saint Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery Press - Arizona