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Archimandrite Vasileios, Former Abbot of Iveron Monastery, Mount Athos Selected WritingsVolume 2: The Light of Christ Shines Upon AllChapter 5: Abba Isaac the Syrian: An Approach to His WorldPages 153-191Alexander Press/Sebastian Press2022

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(Excerpt) “The Ease of Violence and the Violence of Ease” Archimandrite Aimilianos, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras Spiritual Instruction and Discourses - Vol. I The Authentic SealOrmylia Publishing 1999Holy Cenobium of the Annunciation of the Mother of God Book available for purchase: Listener Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/athoniteaudio

(Excerpt) “Beauty Will Save the World: An Athonite View” Archimandrite Vasileios, Former Abbot of Iveron Monastery, Mount AthosSelected Writings Vol. III: Monastic Life Today and Liturgical TheologyBook available for purchase:https://ap.odoo.symbolitech.com/shop/selected-writings-box-set-212

Book available for purchase: https://www.ctosonline.org/patristic/EvCT.html Listener Support: buymeacoffee.com/athoniteaudio Current Projects: https://t.me/athoniteaudio Episode Contents: HYPOTHESIS 41: That for those who are not prepared, it is perilous to live alone.HYPOTHESIS 42: That we should not gainsay anyone in a contentious manner even regarding those things that are considered good, but should be subject to our neighbor in everything.HYPOTHESIS 43: That whatever happens, happens by the justice of God; for this reason, the believer must always follow Divine Providence and must seek, not his own will, but the Will of God; for he who does or accepts all things in this manner has spiritual rest.HYPOTHESIS 44: That humility is completely impregnable to demons, how humility is gendered, and what its power is; that humility, more than all the other virtues, is able, by itself, to save a man.HYPOTHESIS 45: A distinctive mark of the humble man is that he blames and disparages himself and thinks that his good deeds, howsoever many and whatsoever they may be, amount to nothing; what the characteristic traits of humility are, and what are its fruits.HYPOTHESIS 46: Concerning what profit there is in reproaching ourselves.HYPOTHESIS 47: That we should not seek honor or desire privileges; for whatever men reckoned to be honorable is an abomination to God.HYPOTHESIS 48: That to appear to be humble, when this is done inopportunely or excessively, is not beneficial, but harmful; how we ought to act towards those who praise us, and that praise does no harm at all to one who is attentive.HYPOTHESIS 49: Concerning how one should use clothing, what kind, and up to what point, in order to cover the body, and how the Fathers love frugality, and their very dress; the faithful should prefer frugality and every circumstance.HYPOTHESIS 50: That we should not do anything to gratify ourselves or do anything out of a passionate craving.

Book available for purchase: https://www.ctosonline.org/patristic/EvCT.html Episode contents: 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.

Published by: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, Etna, CA - 2008. Original narrations: https://t.me/athoniteaudio Listener Support: buymeacoffee.com/athoniteaudio Episode contents: HYPOTHESIS 21: That we must confess our thoughts to those among the fathers who are discerning and not trust them to just anyone; how we are to confess and what we should ask our confessors; what faith we should place in the answers of the fathers; and how, through this faith, we should work together with our confessors for the achievement of good.HYPOTHESIS 22: Concerning the fact that he wishes to be saved, must avoid meetings with careless men and must avoid disturbances, and that estrangement from worldly affairs is necessary for him.HYPOTHESIS 23: Concerning the fact that we must keep away from those who harm us, even if they are friends or are otherwise quite indispensable.HYPOTHESIS 24: Concerning the fact that one who has renounced the world should not be entangled at all with earthly affairs, even if they seem justified, but should submit to Divine Providence in these matters also.HYPOTHESIS 25 of 50: Concerning the fact that evil is easy, and that there are many who choose this, especially in our day; that virtue is demanding, and that there are a few who pursue it; and that we must emulate the latter and pay no heed to the majority.HYPOTHESIS 26: Those coming to monastic life are received with much testing; those admitted after scrutiny are for the most part reliable; what tasks are entrusted to them.HYPOTHESIS 27: Rejections of the world based on different circumstances should not be wholly turned aside; we should not immediately dismiss someone who comes to the the monastic community and fervently seeks to remain with the brethren, before we have examined him in detail.HYPOTHESIS 28: From what point we should begin a life of asceticism; all who start need patience and need to put pressure on themselves, since virtual appears difficult at the beginning, on account of one’s passions and prejudices; but later on it proves to be much easier to acquire; a strong foundation at the beginning is very beneficial; it is impossible to follow Christ or gain any virtue at all if one does not prepare himself as though his death were imminent.HYPOTHESIS 29: The demons wage a furious war against him who struggles with all his strength, whereas they are uninterested in the negligent, since they have them at their beck and call; those who want the good find God to be their ally, Who permits wars for our spiritual profit.HYPOTHESIS 30: We should not regard the demons as causes of all the sins we commit, but rather ourselves; for the demons are unable to harm those who are attentive, since the help that comes from God is great; and that God allows struggles in proportion to the strength of men.