Here we present and analyze an excerpt from Pindar, the lyric poet. Continue reading “Pindar – The road of Truth”
Pindar – The road of Truth
Theosis (deification) is possible through the uncreated energies of God
By Archmandrite George, Abbott of the Holy Monastery of Saint Gregory at Mount Athos
In the Orthodox Church of Christ, man can achieve theosis because the Grace of God, according to the teaching of the Holy Bible and of the Church Fathers, is uncreated. God is not only essence, as the Westerners believe, but also energy. If God was only essence, we would not be able to join, to commune with Him, because the essence of God is awe-inspiring and inaccessible to man, according to “You can not see My face; for there shall no man see Me, and live” (Ex. 33:20). Continue reading “Theosis (deification) is possible through the uncreated energies of God”
On the spiritual struggle
How can a faithful person be delivered from the old fallen person?
We all feel that we carry the traces of the old person. Its main characteristic is love of self, that is the sick, egocentric ‘love’ of our self. Self-love doesn’t allow us to love God and other people truly and unselfishly. From this self-love are born the passions. Continue reading “On the spiritual struggle”
Do you want to see God?
Abba Olympios recounts: ‘One time, a pagan priest came down to Skete and slept in my cell. When he saw the way the monks lived he asked me: Continue reading “Do you want to see God?”
The Absence of God
by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
As we start learning to pray, I would like to make it clear that what I mean by ‘learning to pray’ is not an attempt to justify or explain this in a speculative way. Rather, I would like to point out what one should be aware of, and what one can do if one wishes to pray. Continue reading “The Absence of God”
What happens to the man who becomes abhorrent before God, according to Homer?
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from Homer’s Iliad which answers the question of our title. Continue reading “What happens to the man who becomes abhorrent before God, according to Homer?”
