Podcasts about elder sophrony

https://t.me/athoniteaudio/6576 From: "Hesychia and Theology: The Context for Man's Healing in the Orthodox Church" - Chapter 9: From the Morning Watch until the Night (pages 231-256) - Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery, Levadia, Greece. www.pelagia.org 1. The Meaning of the Verse from the Psalms 2. Elder Sophrony 3. Elder Sophrony's 'Prayer at Daybreak' a) Personal Relationship with God b) Profound Self-Accusation c) Seeking a Blessing on the Whole Day d) Healing of the Will e) Eschatological Prayer 4. Living Examples 5. The Text of the Prayer at Daybreak

CONTENTS OF EPISODE: Foreword by the Ecumenical Patriarch to the Greek Edition Preface by the Author to the Greek Edition Introduction Part 1 ‘Spiritual Autobiography' 1. The Charismatic Elder Sophrony 1. The Theology of Elder Sophrony a) The Theological Formation of Elder Sophrony Sakharov b) A Presentation of the Theology of Archimandrite Sophrony 2. ‘Spiritual Autobiography' 1. The Teaching of the Church as the Fruit of Experience 2. Marvellous Works a) Early Experience b) ‘Struggling with God - Mindfulness of Death' c) ‘Fall' d) ‘Returning to Christ' – “I AM THAT I AM” e) ‘Mourning' f) ‘Reaching up to God' g) ‘Visions of the Uncreated Light' h) The Coming of the Uncreated Light and Its Concealment i) Sermon on the Uncreated Light j) ‘Living Confirmation' – Saint Silouan 3. Conclusion 3. Struggle to Know God 1. Meeting and Conversation with David Balfour 2. Reflections on the Book Struggle to Know God a) The Basis of the Book Saint Silouan the Athonite b) Two Levels of the Spiritual Life c) Self-emptying Love d) The Experienced Spiritual Guide e) Hesychastic and Liturgical Life f) ‘Triple Alliance' g) Conversion of Non-Orthodox to Orthodoxy h) The Orthodox Church and other Organisations and Confessions i) Self-emptying Love after the ‘Rift' and the Fall j) Miraculous Intervention and Repentance k) General Impression l) Testimony 3. Autobiographical Elements a) Reason for the Letters b) The Orthodox Church c) Theophany – Divine Grace d) Godforsakenness e) Spiritual Struggle f) Temptations g) Orthodox Monasticism h) Spiritual Guidance i) Saint Silouan --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

https://www.pelagia.org/i-know-a-man-in-christ.en.aspx CONTENTS of EPISODE: (Part 2 of 2) Everyday Life – Pastoral Ministry 1. Elder Sophrony in Everyday Life a) Welcome b) Divine Liturgy – Prayer c) Refectory d) Hospitality e) Love for People f) Discussion – Confession g) Visits h) Love for Nature i) Sense of Humour j) Taking Leave 2. Theologian and Shepherd  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1988  1991 3. Various Words of the Elder In Conclusion Encomium by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos Appendix Timeless Relevance 1. ‘The Elder of the Monastery' 2. ‘Living Theology' 3. ‘Elder Sophrony's Personal Participation in the Mystery of the Cross' 4. ‘On Prayer – The New Book by Archimandrite Sophrony' 5. ‘From the Morning Watch until the Night' 6. ‘The Theology of Elder Sophrony' 7. ‘The Chariot and Horseman of the Israel of Grace' 8. ‘Elder Sophrony' 9. ‘The Person as Truth in the Teaching of Elder Sophrony' --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos wrote this book about Elder Sophrony as an expression of gratitude for his long association (17 years) with the Elder and “to share with readers the spiritual wealth that I unworthily received”. The first part of the book is a spiritual portrait of Elder Sophrony. After a brief survey of his theology, the author examines the Elder's writings in the light of the experience of saints of the Church, particularly St Paul, St Symeon the New Theologian and St Gregory Palamas, thus placing his teaching in a wider context. There is a careful analysis of the Elder's correspondence with David Balfour, which reveals “many subtle details of the spiritual life” but also how “a genuine spiritual father guides those entrusted to him”. The second part of the book records what the author learnt and experienced during visits to the Monastery of St John the Baptist in meetings and informal conversations with the Elder and as a concelebrant at the Divine Liturgy. Over the years he carefully recorded the Elder's words and amassed an archive of notes that he publishes here. The subjects covered reflect both Father Sophrony's and the author's personal and pastoral concerns and include prayer (particularly the Jesus Prayer); monasticism and obedience; priesthood and the temptations it brings; giving spiritual guidance; the problems facing those who become Orthodox; and family life. The discussions also shed light on theological issues close to the Elder's heart. The book shows us a “great hesychast and theologian, but also a wise, discerning and prophetic spiritual father” and brings us closer to the man in Christ. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

Hear about Christ's revelations to St. Joseph and his brotherhood on the difficult and often contentious issue of the calendar and true Orthodoxy. As a zealot of Athos once confessed, "Fathers, we must admit that Elder Joseph was right. It is not possible for a rotten root to produce such fruits [i.e. his spiritual children]. A tree is known by its fruit.' Therefore, we must have been wrong, and Elder Joseph must have been right." 0:10 Background 5:14 Revelations from God 9:33 Exactitude with Obedience 12:19 The Encyclical of 1950 14:59 The Revelation (about grace with the New Calendarists) 16:19 Resistance 21:55 Geronda's Revelation 25:42 More Grace With the New-Calendarists Buy "My Elder Joseph the Hesychast" written by his disciple, Elder Ephraim of Arizona, here: https://stanthonysmonastery.org/products/my-elder-joseph-the-hesychast _______ For further study on the calendar issue, here is a short list of resources: -Elder Sophrony of Essex on the Calendar Issue: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2016/08/elder-sophrony-on-calendar-issue.html -Elder Paisios the Athonite on the Old Calendar Zealots: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/04/elder-paisios-athonite-on-old.html -Elder Ephraim of Arizona Exposes Old Calendarism: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2016/03/elder-ephraim-of-arizona-exposes-old.html -Ecumenism and Schismatic Old Calendarism, a letter by Blessed Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/02/ecumenism-and-schismatic-old.html -Elder Philotheos Zervakos on the Schismatic Old Calendarists: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/01/elder-philotheos-on-schismatic-old.html -The Three Hierarchs and the Calendar Issue (Elder Cleopa Ilie): https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2020/01/the-three-hierarchs-and-calendar-issue.html#more -Schismatic Old-Calendarism is an Anti-Patristic Stance by Monk Basil Gregoriates (a few problems in this text, but overall good): https://www.oodegr.com/english//ekklisia/sxismata/antipater1.htm Fr. Peter Heers has some very helpful videos addressing the temptation on the right: -The Zealot Jungle Which is Growing Up Around Us - Letter from Fr. Seraphim Rose https://youtu.be/4nNsx5UJIfo -On Canon 15 and Ceasing Commemoration of One's Own Bishop https://youtu.be/NY-9baGX0Lc -The Prophecy of St. Anatole the Younger (“Heretics will take over the Church”) https://youtu.be/v_1vmlsNDl4 -Patristic and Canonical Treatment Toward a Local Church Whose Hierarch Preaches Heresy https://youtu.be/jUM5ividbGE *Not everything on the JohnSanidopoulos.com website is faithfully Orthodox _______ St. Joseph's revelation from God about the Calendar issue: While I was praying, I saw a brilliant, beautiful church. It had a small exit on the side, and everyone was coming out of the church. In the courtyard, they were arguing. One person shouted, 'I am right!' Another person shouted, 'I am more right!' And a third person, 'I am with the true church!' This reveals that although they were arguing, they all belonged to a single church. They have dogmas in common, and they have grace, but they were arguing because they don't have an open mind and haven't achieved saint-hood. So how could I say now that the official Church of Greece is heretical and lacks God's grace? Should I call it heretical only because of the calendar? And should I say that their bishops are damned? I am with the old calendar, but I think differently from the old calendarists. Indeed, the calendar issue does not affect the salvation of the faithful because it is not a dogmatic issue. There can be differences between local churches in non-dogmatic issues of a liturgical or administrative nature. This does not deprive them of God's grace. _______ Orthodox Wisdom is dedicated to sharing the writings and lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church. Glory to Jesus Christ! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/orthodox-wisdom/message

Tonight, in Letter 59, St. Theophan continued to guide Anastasia through the writings of Saint Hesychius of Jerusalem. Again we see how deeply connected Theophan is to the spiritual tradition as a whole. The spiritual battle is very simple, albeit not easy. We must show great attentiveness to what is going on internally and with our thoughts. When we see the enemy advance a thought, we must strike it down with anger in the heart and do so swiftly. Most of all we must pray against it, calling upon the name of Jesus Christ in the heart. The fruit of such an exercise is that we begin to walk upon that path of holy contemplation belong to the Saints, immersing ourselves more more deeply into the mysteries of Christ.  It is His Spirit that dwells within us and guides us most of all and that should free us from fear in the battle. When we call upon Christ in that Spirit we lack no power to overcome the attacks of the demons. Theophan also warns Anastasia not to ignore the secret thoughts that can approach the heart. The evil one often begins with what the fathers called “provocation”; thoughts immediately rush in and, if they are met with our thoughts willingly, the passions are stirred. Rather we must seek unceasing silence of any thought in the heart and allow that Spirit to breathe so deeply within us that we are constantly calling upon the Lord. A certain sobriety must guide our actions; we must situate ourselves at the doors of the heart in order that we might see the thoughts creeping up and understand what form the demons are attempting to inscribe and how they are seeking to entice the imagination. --- 00:11:14 Lilly: Hi Nick and Natalia! Happy to see you guys made it! 00:11:28 Nicholas Koeppel: Thank you for the invite Lilly! 01:02:32 renwitter: "Stand at the brink of the abyss of despair, and when you see that you cannot bear it anymore, draw back a little and have a cup of tea" ~Elder Sophrony of Essex 01:02:39 renwitter: Or in Fr. David's case, an espresso 01:02:42 renwitter: Or five 01:03:15 Ashley Kaschl:

With this podcast, Fr. Stephen begins a series in which he looks at the reality of shame and its place in our emotional and spiritual lives. He introduces us to the teaching of the Elder Sophrony that we must learn to "bear a little shame."

Patristic Nectar Publications is pleased to present this superb series of 7 lectures entitled The Hidden Man of the Heart by the highly esteemed Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou), the spiritual son of the late Elder Sophrony of Essex. His Grace, Bishop Basil of Wichita and Mid-America, introduces this series with these words, “In Father Zacharias' words and very person we hear the mind of the Church in ways that we usually do not hear it, for in Father's Zacharias teaching we touch the saints, both Elder Sophrony and St. Silouan… He presents a tapestry of Christian experience… Let us attend so that you too might be woven into that tapestry that we know as sacred tradition.” These lectures culminated in a book entitled The Hidden Man of the Heart published in 2007 by the Holy Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex, England, and is available in the United States from Mount Thabor publishing. The titles of Father Zacharias' seven lectures are as follows: • The Mystery of Man's Heart (Available as a free download here on Ancient Faith Radio) • The Awakening of the Heart • The Awakening of the Heart through the Fear of Death • The Building Up of the Heart through the Grace of Repentance • Go in and You will Find rest • The Building Up of the Heart through Vigilance and Prayer • On the Gift of Speaking in Tongues To download the remaining 6 lectures, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.

Patristic Nectar Publications is pleased to present this superb series of 7 lectures entitled The Hidden Man of the Heart by the highly esteemed Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou), the spiritual son of the late Elder Sophrony of Essex. His Grace, Bishop Basil of Wichita and Mid-America, introduces this series with these words, “In Father Zacharias’ words and very person we hear the mind of the Church in ways that we usually do not hear it, for in Father’s Zacharias teaching we touch the saints, both Elder Sophrony and St. Silouan… He presents a tapestry of Christian experience… Let us attend so that you too might be woven into that tapestry that we know as sacred tradition.” These lectures culminated in a book entitled The Hidden Man of the Heart published in 2007 by the Holy Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex, England, and is available in the United States from Mount Thabor publishing. The titles of Father Zacharias’ seven lectures are as follows: • The Mystery of Man’s Heart (Available as a free download here on Ancient Faith Radio) • The Awakening of the Heart • The Awakening of the Heart through the Fear of Death • The Building Up of the Heart through the Grace of Repentance • Go in and You will Find rest • The Building Up of the Heart through Vigilance and Prayer • On the Gift of Speaking in Tongues To download the remaining 6 lectures, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.

Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to present a new lecture series by Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou entitled, The Christian Life is Impossible...All We are Able to Do is to Die Daily. In this series of six lectures following by an extended question and answer session, Father Zacharias uncovers troves of collected wisdom from the great ascetics of the Church in ancient and contemporary times concerning the cultivation of man's inner life. These lectures are not just a magnificent culling of the patristic treasury, but are chock-full of insights from Father Zacharias' own life and experience as a spiritual son of Elder Sophrony of Essex. The lectures are entitled: The Cross of Christ: The Justification of God and Man Overturning the Pyramid of the Created World The Love of Enemies Prophetic Life and Authenticity in the Church Building the Temple of God in Ourselves and Our Fellows Fattening the Soul through Hesychia and Tears Questions and Answers All six lectures plus questions and answers are available for direct download for $15. To download the remaining lectures for this series, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.

Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to present a new lecture series by Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou entitled, The Christian Life is Impossible...All We are Able to Do is to Die Daily. In this series of six lectures following by an extended question and answer session, Father Zacharias uncovers troves of collected wisdom from the great ascetics of the Church in ancient and contemporary times concerning the cultivation of man's inner life. These lectures are not just a magnificent culling of the patristic treasury, but are chock-full of insights from Father Zacharias' own life and experience as a spiritual son of Elder Sophrony of Essex. The lectures are entitled: The Cross of Christ: The Justification of God and Man Overturning the Pyramid of the Created World The Love of Enemies Prophetic Life and Authenticity in the Church Building the Temple of God in Ourselves and Our Fellows Fattening the Soul through Hesychia and Tears Questions and Answers All six lectures plus questions and answers are available for direct download for $15. To download the remaining lectures for this series, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.

Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to present this nine lecture series by Father Zacharias Zacharou entitled: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life. In these lectures, saturated by the teaching of Holy Scripture, the Church Fathers, and especially the lives and teachings of St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex, Father Zacharias describes the process of salvation as it is prefigured in the history of ancient Israel. Beginning with the deliverance from Egyptian tyranny when Israel was drunk with divine consolation, continuing through the extended wilderness wanderings, and culminating in the entrance into the Promised Land—Father Zacharias unfolds the mystery of life in Christ—what he calls an ever-increasing and dynamic relationship with God. These lectures were codified into a book entitled Remember Thy First Love: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life in the Theology of Elder Sophrony which is available from Amazon or from Father Zacharias' American distributor: Mount Thabor Publishing. To download the remaining lectures for this series, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.

Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to present this nine lecture series by Father Zacharias Zacharou entitled: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life. In these lectures, saturated by the teaching of Holy Scripture, the Church Fathers, and especially the lives and teachings of St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex, Father Zacharias describes the process of salvation as it is prefigured in the history of ancient Israel. Beginning with the deliverance from Egyptian tyranny when Israel was drunk with divine consolation, continuing through the extended wilderness wanderings, and culminating in the entrance into the Promised Land—Father Zacharias unfolds the mystery of life in Christ—what he calls an ever-increasing and dynamic relationship with God. These lectures were codified into a book entitled Remember Thy First Love: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life in the Theology of Elder Sophrony which is available from Amazon or from Father Zacharias’ American distributor: Mount Thabor Publishing. To download the remaining lectures for this series, please visit our website at www.patristicnectar.org.

Personhood in the Life and Ministry of Elder Sophrony (Sakharov) is a series of seven lectures delivered by Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou). Father Zacharias a spiritual son of Elder Sophrony and a long-time member of the monastery of St. John the Baptist, founded by Elder Sophrony in Essex, England, in 1959. Father Zacharias is also the primary conduit in contemporary Orthodoxy of the life and teaching of Elder Soprhony, and has written many books in which he articulates Father Sophrony's inspired teachings. These lectures explore the depths of what it means to be a human person called to union and communion with the Living God. These lectures were eventually expanded and codified in a text by Father Zacharias entitled, "Man, the Target of God," which is available from Amazon or directly from Father Zacharias' American distributor, Mount Thabor Publishing. Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to host these lectures by such an esteemed lecturer as Father Zacharias. The seven lectures in this series are entitled: The Hypostatic Mode of Existence in the Life and Ministry of Elder Sophrony The Hypostatic Principle as a Gift of the Triune God The Manifestation of the Divine and Human Hypostases The Portrait of Personhood in St. Silouan An Itinerary of the Human Persona Hypostatic Prayer: A Supreme Gift Theology as a Spiritual State of the Person ​The first lecture is available for free download here on Ancient Faith Radio. The remaining lectures are available for purchase at www.patristicnectar.org.

Personhood in the Life and Ministry of Elder Sophrony (Sakharov) is a series of seven lectures delivered by Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou). Father Zacharias a spiritual son of Elder Sophrony and a long-time member of the monastery of St. John the Baptist, founded by Elder Sophrony in Essex, England, in 1959. Father Zacharias is also the primary conduit in contemporary Orthodoxy of the life and teaching of Elder Soprhony, and has written many books in which he articulates Father Sophrony's inspired teachings. These lectures explore the depths of what it means to be a human person called to union and communion with the Living God. These lectures were eventually expanded and codified in a text by Father Zacharias entitled, "Man, the Target of God," which is available from Amazon or directly from Father Zacharias' American distributor, Mount Thabor Publishing. Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to host these lectures by such an esteemed lecturer as Father Zacharias. The seven lectures in this series are entitled: The Hypostatic Mode of Existence in the Life and Ministry of Elder Sophrony The Hypostatic Principle as a Gift of the Triune God The Manifestation of the Divine and Human Hypostases The Portrait of Personhood in St. Silouan An Itinerary of the Human Persona Hypostatic Prayer: A Supreme Gift Theology as a Spiritual State of the Person ​The first lecture is available for free download here on Ancient Faith Radio. The remaining lectures are available for purchase at www.patristicnectar.org.

Just back from five weeks in the United Kingdom, Fr. Joseph shares from his travelogue on the Saints—and others—he encountered there. In other words, what do Joseph of Arimathea, Patrick of Ireland, Elder Sophrony, King Arthur, and Ron Weasley all have in common?

Just back from five weeks in the United Kingdom, Fr. Joseph shares from his travelogue on the Saints—and others—he encountered there. In other words, what do Joseph of Arimathea, Patrick of Ireland, Elder Sophrony, King Arthur, and Ron Weasley all have in common?

Nicholas Chapman reviews Remember Thy First Love: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life in the Theology of Elder Sophrony by Archimandrite Zacharias, published by the Stavropegic Monastery of St. John The Baptist.

Drawing on a passage from the writings of the Elder Sophrony, Fr. Stephen looks at the spiritual importance of "waking up." St. Paul reminds us, "Arise, O Sleeper, awake from the dead..."

A meditation on the words of Elder Sophrony, "Our lives are an endless martyrdom," gives rise to thoughts on the true character of the liturgy.

Fr. Stephen looks at the teaching of the Elder Sophrony and St. Silouan and what it is they mean by "person." Our existence is rooted in love.

Listen in on this sublime conversation between renowned spiritual elder Father Zacharias (Zakarou), spiritual child of Elder Sophrony, and Kevin's guest host Father Josiah Trenham, senior pastor of St Andrew Orthodox Church, Riverside, California. This is one you won't want to miss!