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ST. ANTHONY’S MONASTERY, FLORENCE AZ ELDER EPHRAIM OF ARIZONA AND MONASTICISM IN AMERICA One of the great stumbling blocks in the development of Holy Orthodoxy in America in the twentieth century has been the lack of monastic communities. As a Greek Orthodox priest who has traveled extensively to the monastic communities of Greece and…
Συνέχιση ανάγνωσηςExcerpt taken from the book: “I want to drink all of the Bosporus” by Archmandrite Dositheos. (Comments by T.F.D.) Upon the founding of the neo-Hellenic State, Adamantios Korais’ Protestantizing “Enlighteners”, who had taken over the leadership of the land, had hastened to LOOT AND CLOSE DOWN monasteries, which were the “heart” of Orthodoxy…
Συνέχιση ανάγνωσηςThe innermost spiritual sense of Orthodox Monasticism is revealed in joyful mourning. This paradoxical phrase denotes a spiritual state in which a monk in his prayer grieves for the sins of the world and at the same time experiences the regenerating spiritual joy of Christ’s forgiveness and resurrection. A monk dies in order to live,…
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