Orthodox spirituality – Page 22

Klaus Kenneth, Born to Hate Reborn to Love: A Spiritual Odyssey from Head to Heart, Mount Thabor: 2012

“More than half of my life has been spent searching for love and truth, and the physical distance covered during my spiritual quest involved travelling around the globe many times over. I have passed through India, Tibet and Thailand, and the Muslim countries of Persia (Iran), Afghanistan, Morocco and Malaysia. I have been to Alaska, Mexico and Brazil, trying out different philosophies, including Communism, atheism and hippie culture. For several years I investigated the Eastern religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and American Indian spirituality. At other times, I was involved in the underworld of drugs and took mind-blowing steps into Esotericism and the Occult. Nothing however could fill the emptiness in my soul, until the day I found myself facing seven guns. Only then did I have a dramatic and personal encounter with the Unknown God and was saved in quite a miraculous way. Continue reading “Klaus Kenneth: “Born to Hate Reborn to Love: A Spiritual Odyssey from Head to Heart”” →

Here we present an excerpt from a short interview that actor Jonathan Jackson has given to ‘Pemptousia’ TV. Continue reading “Five-time Emmy Award-winning actor Jonathan Jackson talks about how family and friends received the news about his embracing of Orthodoxy” →

Here we present an excerpt from the advices ‘On guarding the intellect’ by St Isaiah the Solitary, from the book ‘Philokalia of the Holy Neptic Fathers’, by St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Athos). Continue reading “Philokalia of the Holy Neptic Fathers – St Isaiah the Solitary – On Guarding the Intellect (excerpt)” →

With faith, zeal, experience of God’s grace, and a realization of our sinfulness we now move toward the goal of all Orthodox Christians ––”A Living Unity with God.” Continue reading ““Partakers of Divine Nature” – About Deification & Uncreated Light in Orthodox Church (Part 7 – Goal: Living in Unity with God)” →

Father Maximos perceived the Scriptures as foretelling man’s purpose, since it was God Who said, “Let us make man according to our image and likeness….And God made man, according to the image of God He made him, male and female He made them. And God blessed them…And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good (Gen 1:26, 27, 28, 31).” Continue reading ““Partakers of Divine Nature” – About Deification & Uncreated Light in Orthodox Church (Part 6 – Become “Partakers of Divine Nature”)” →

Having been awakened with faith, having zeal, being baptized, and experiencing divine grace, God then hides grace from us, Saint Theophan tells us. This is a most common experience for all serious Christian faithful who seek union with God. It seems that as soon as we have His grace, it is gone. It comes and then leaves. Why is this most sublime feeling allowed to leave us? It seems as if God abandons us. Continue reading ““Partakers of Divine Nature” – About Deification & Uncreated Light in Orthodox Church (Part 5 – Why Does Grace Come and Then Leave?)” →

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Klaus Kenneth: “Born to Hate Reborn to Love: A Spiritual Odyssey from Head to Heart”

Five-time Emmy Award-winning actor Jonathan Jackson talks about how family and friends received the news about his embracing of Orthodoxy

Philokalia of the Holy Neptic Fathers – St Isaiah the Solitary – On Guarding the Intellect (excerpt)

“Partakers of Divine Nature” – About Deification & Uncreated Light in Orthodox Church (Part 7 – Goal: Living in Unity with God)

“Partakers of Divine Nature” – About Deification & Uncreated Light in Orthodox Church (Part 6 – Become “Partakers of Divine Nature”)

“Partakers of Divine Nature” – About Deification & Uncreated Light in Orthodox Church (Part 5 – Why Does Grace Come and Then Leave?)

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