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In this episode, Fr. Nicholas Loudovikos, during his recent visit to the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, engages in a heartfelt discussion with the fathers of the monastery. He shares his personal encounters with revered modern Saints—Saint Paisios the Athonite, Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia, and Saint Iakovos Tsalikis—and the profound miracles he experienced during these blessed moments. Fr. Nicholas Loudovikos is a prominent Orthodox Christian theologian and priest, known for his academic and theological contributions within the Eastern Orthodox Church.The talk was recorded by pemptousia.tv in September 2022. This English translation was recorded for otelders.org by Peter Eliades.Read the full English transcript on our website otelders.org, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/otelders and subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/otelders

What separates the Orthodox Church and the various Non-Chalcedonian churches? Is it merely semantics and misunderstandings, as some today proclaim? The Holy Monastery of Gregoriou on Mount Athos, in this 1994 treatise, gives a detailed examination of the issues and offers much for anyone interested in the truth of Christ, His Church, and the Non-Chalcedonian heresy.

Three accounts of St. Porphyrios' teachings regarding ecumenism and ecumenical meetings. —"Did he say nothing? Was he never asked by anyone about Ecumenism?" asked Prof. Tselengidis. —"But," replied the Saint's spiritual child, "he certainly was, Professor! Of course! He told us so... We used to ask him... And he said: 'Downright scum, spiritual filth.'" 0:00 Introduction 0:22 "Those Uniates, this Trojan horse..." 0:50 Ecumenism is "Downright scum, spiritual filth" 2:37 On Ecumenical Meetings, the Pope and Patriarch These teachings are found in the sources listed below and in the book "Love in Christ or Meta-Patristic Agapology?" by Archimandrite Savvas Hagiorite, published by the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Edessa, Greece (2023) with the blessing of Metropolitan Joel of Edessa.

What is feminism? What are the consequences of the movement? What is the role of women in the Church and the world? And what women and the priesthood? Abbess Theologia gives succinct and clear answers to these questions. 0:00 Intro The Feminist Movement 0:14 Causes for the Movement 1:51 The Movement's Success 3:00 Problems with the Movement Orthodoxy and the Feminist Movement 5:16 Women and the Priesthood 11:36 Feminism and the Holy Mountain

Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian" - Souroti, Thessaloniki, Greece PART ONE: THE WAR OF THOUGHTS Chapter One: Good and Evil Thoughts Chapter Two: Blasphemous Thoughts Chapter Three: On Trusting Our Thoughts Chapter Four: The Struggle Against Thoughts PART TWO: RIGHTEOUSNESS AND INJUSTICE Chapter One: Acceptance of injustice Chapter Two: Excuses Turn Away God's Grace Chapter Three: Divine Righteousness and Human Righteousness PART THREE: SIN AND REPENTANCE Chapter One: Sin Tortures Man Chapter Two: Nurturing the Conscience Chapter Three: Observing and Knowing Our Self Chapter Four: Awareness of Our Sinfulness Moves God Chapter Five: The Immense Power of Repentance PART FOUR: THE EVIL FORCES OF DARKNESS Chapter One: Witchcraft and Sorcery Chapter Two: On the Possessed Chapter Three: The Terrible Deception Chapter Four: "The Deceivers and the Deceived" PART FIVE: THE POWER OF CONFESSION Chapter One: The Need for a Spiritual Guide Chapter Two: For an Effective Confession Chapter Three: The Spiritual Physician of the Soul Chapter Four: The Work of the Spiritual Father Upon Souls

Published by: Holy Monastery of the Evangelist John the Theologian - Souroti, Thessaloniki, Greece. Book available for purchase: https://www.athoniteusa.com/products/elder-hadji-georgis-the-athonite Contents include: Prefatory note, Preface, Introduction, The Life of our Blessed Father George (Hadji-Georgis), Letter of Hadji-Georgis to Metropolitan of Chios, The Spiritual Forefathers of Hadji-Georgis, Spiritual Laws, Epilogue --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

Published by: The Holy Convent of the Evangelist John the Theologian, Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece. Contents: Father Tychon Elder Evlogios (the Disciple of Hadji-Georgis) Elder Pachomios (the Disciple of Elder Evlogios and Grandson of Hadji-Georgis) Father Seraphim, the Anchorite of Mt. Athos The Unknown Anchorite (Probably One of the Anchorites of Athos Who Live Invisibly Hieromonk Anthimos, the Fool-for-Christ The Prodigious Father Daniel Elder Cosmas from Holy Monastery of Pantocrator (the Wine Grower) Father Philaret, the Abbot of Holy Monastery of Constamonitou Elder Peter (Petrakis) Elder Augustine Father George, the Anchorite Elder Philaret Elder Ephraim "The Wretch" Elder Constantine, the Fool-for-Christ Father Savvas of the Monastery of Esphigmenou Elder Tryphon Father Cyril, the Ascetic and Abbot of the Holy Monastery Koutloumousiou The Hieromonk who was tormented by the Tempter because of a Prideful Thought The Strong-Willed Disciple The Devout and Obedient Disciple The Value of a Monk The Power of a Monk's Prayer The Power of the Komboschini (Prayer rope), of the Jesus Prayer --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

Dedicated to the Venerable Personalities who lived Orthodox Monasticism on the rugged harsh rocks of our island. Written by: Agnes Maglis, Abbess; Euseveia Kassiotou, nun. Published by: THE HOLY MONASTERY "PANAGHIA ELEOUSA" ROTSO-KALYMNOS year 2000. Translated by: Father Nicholas Palis Revision of the English translation: Mrs. Anastasia A. Koutoulakis, Fr. Nicholas Samaras and Anges Manglis, Gerontissa --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian", Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece PART 3: Spiritual Bravery Chapter One: The Signs of the Times Chapter Two: Sacrifice Brings Joy Chapter Three: Bravery Is Born of Trust in God Chapter Four: For the Faithful, Martyrdom Is a Festival PART 4: Dependency Upon Heaven Chapter One: God's Providence For Man Chapter Two: Faith and Trust in God Chapter Three: Where Man Cannot Reach, God Provides Help PART 5: Spiritual Weapons Chapter One: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon Chapter Two: Monasteries Are the Fortresses of the Church Chapter Three: The Deeper Meaning in Life --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian", Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece PART ONE: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOVE Chapter One: The Indifferent Generation Chapter Two: The Presence of a Christian Is a Confession of Faith Chapter Three: To the Pure All Things Are Pure Chapter Four: Actions With Prudence and Love PART TWO: STRUGGLE AND DEVOUTNESS Chapter One: The Good Fight Chapter Two: How the Devil Works Chapter Three: The Benefits of Good Fellowship Chapter Four: Devoutness Moves God Chapter Five: Self-Offering Provides Divine Oxygen Saint Paisios the Athonite (+1924–1994) was one of the most loved and revered Greek Orthodox Elders of our times. Living as a monk in the ancient monastic republic of Mount Athos, Greece, he lived in the Kingdom of God even while on earth, and received many heavenly visitations. He lived in obscurity, giving himself over entirely to God, and God gave him to the whole world. During the last fifteen years of his life, he spent his nights in prayer and his entire days gathering human pain and spreading divine consolation. He guided, consoled, healed, and gave rest to countless people who took shelter in him. His sanctified soul overflowed with divine love, and his face radiated divine Grace. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

From the Prologue: "With the help of God, and after the work of a great many years, our Sisterhood, propelled by our sacred obligation toward the Saint, who for twenty-eight years had guided and benefited us in so many ways, presents the publication of the Biography of Saint Paisios the Athonite. We also had the great blessing of gaining some insight into the immeasurable love the Saint had for God, his monastic exactitude, his absolute self-denial and the power of his fervent prayer. Having lived in such close proximity to him, we personally experienced his holy simplicity and his profound humility, his God-illuminated discernment, his noble love for each person, but also his deliberate efforts to conceal his virtues. We therefore deemed it our obligation to utilize all the materials - both information and knowledge bequeathed to us in order to compose, to the best of our ability, the biography of the saintly Elder. The contents of this Synaxarion stem primarily from our communication with the Saint - from the notes we had kept during the gatherings of the Sisterhood and the private conversations we had had with him; from his letters not only to the entire Sisterhood but also to each Sister; from the numerous verbal and written testimonies which had been entrusted to us by clergy, monks and lay-people who had met the Elder' as well as from information that had been gathered from the on-site research we had conducted in some of the areas where the elder had lived and struggled. From the Contents:- Prologue-- Chapter One: From Pharasa to Homeland of Greece- Chapter Two: The Years of his Childhood and Youth- Chapter Three: Military Service- Chapter Four: Preparations and Temptations- Chapter Five: At the Holy Monastery of Esphigmenou- Chapter Six: At the Holy Monastery of Philotheou - Chapter Seven: At the Holy Monastery of Stomion- Chapter Eight: At God-trodden Mount Sinai- Chapter Nine: At the Skete of Iveron of Saint John the Forerunner- Chapter Ten: At Desolate Katounakia- Chapter Eleven: At the Kelli of the Precious Cross- Chapter Twelve: At the Kelli of Panagouda- Chapter Thirteen: From Earth to Heaven --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

Translated & Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian" - Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece 2002. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

The Life of the Athonite Elder Philaret of the Holy Monastery of Constamonitou --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

The life of Athonite Elder Codratus of the Holy Monastery of Karakallou --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

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This is the first volume of the series 'Spiritual Counsels of the Elder Paisios of Mount Athos'. It is divided into four thematic parts. Each part is subdivided into chapters and every chapter into sections with the approprite subheadings; Part 1 Sin and the Devil Part 2 Modern Civilization Part 3 The Spirit of God and the Spirit of the World Part 4 The Church in our Times The Blessed Elder Paisios was born on 25th July 1924. From the time that he was a child, Elder Paisios lived an ascetic life, and was nourished by the lives of the Saints, whose feats he sought to imitate with great zeal and admirable precision. He practised unceasing prayer, cultivating all along the virtues of humility and love. He led an ascetic life on Mount Athos, in the Holy Monastery of Stomion in Konitsa, and on Mount Sinai in Egypt. He lived in obscurity, giving himself completely to God, and God in turn revealed him and gave him to the whole world. He guided, consoled, healed and granted peace to multitudes of people who sought him. His sanctified soul overflowed with divine love and his saintly face radiated the divine Grace. All day long, he tirelessly gathered the human pain and imparted divine consolation. He is the founder of the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti of Thessalonik, Greece, which he also guided spiritually for twenty-eight years (1967-1994). After suffering excruciating pains, which, as he used to say, benefited him more than the ascetic struggles of his entire life, he fell asleep in the Lord on 12 July 1994. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON: Sayings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos. Written by: Archimandrite Ioannikios (Kotsonis). Publication of the Holy Monastery of St. Gregory Palamas, Kouphalia - Thessaloniki - Greece. 1997 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

Fr Maximos is Professor of Patristics and Orthodox Spirituality. A summa cum laude graduate of Holy Cross (1987), he completed his PhD in Patristics and Historical Theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. (1993), after which he taught at Hellenic College and Holy Cross (1993-1998). In the fall of 1998, he was invited to join the faculty of Harvard Divinity School, where he was Professor of Patristics and Orthodox Theology from 1998-2004. Responding to a life-long calling to the monastic life, he resigned his position at Harvard and was tonsured a great-schema monk at the Holy Monastery of Simonopetra, where he lived from 2004-2011. He was subsequently invited by Archbishop Demetrios to return to Holy Cross, where he has been an outstanding teacher, rigorous academic mentor, and prolific scholar. His publications include five books, more than fifty articles (many of them of monograph-length), and a dozen translated volumes. His current research project is a first-ever critical edition and English translation of the Life of the Virgin by the tenth-century Byzantine writer John Geometres.Fr. Maximos teaches courses on the theology of the Church Fathers, including St Basil the Great, St Gregory the Theologian, St Dionysius the Areopagite, St Symeon the New Theologian, and especially St Maximos the Confessor, on whom he is an internationally recognized specialist. His research interests focus on the Patristic and Byzantine interpretation of Scripture, the Philokalia and Orthodox spirituality, the study of Byzantine manuscripts, and the theological study of Byzantine art, icons, and iconography. Fr Maximos' interest in the arts began with a program of study at the School of Visual Arts in New York City (1979-1980), and he currently works as a consultant for American filmmaker Terrence Malick, including work on Malick's most recent film, A Hidden Life, which is based on the real-life story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II, who was sentenced to death and executed. He was later declared a martyr and beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.Fr Maximos has twice held fellowships at Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University's Center for Byzantine Studies in Washington, D.C. (1992-1993, 2000-2002); he was the Inaugural James Rubin Visiting Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies at Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1991-1992); and a Visiting Professor of Patristics and Byzantine Literature and Consultant to the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (UCLA, Irvine, 2001). In 2003, he was invited to teach Orthodox Theology at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris; and in 2016, he served as a Visiting Professor of Byzantine Literature at Harvard University's Department of the Classics (2016). He is a member of numerous international theological societies, and serves on multiple editorial boards, including Analogia: A Journal of Theological Dialogue; and Harvard University's prestigious Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library series.

A homily of the blessed Elder Ephraim of Arizona, former abbot of the Holy Monastery of Philotheou, Mount Athos. Read in English translation by Constantine Zalalas.

A homily of the blessed Elder Ephraim of Arizona, former abbot of the Holy Monastery of Philotheou, Mount Athos. Read in English translation by Constantine Zalalas

A homily of the blessed Elder Ephraim of Arizona, former abbot of the Holy Monastery of Philotheou, Mount Athos. Read in English translation by Constantine Zalalas

The Midnight Praise, sung by Fr. Ruwais El-Anthony of the Monastery of St Anthony The Great, Egypt, in the year 1980. --

It is important to have a good relationship with the Virgin Mary. This relationship will come up at the time of the exit of our soul. The evil spirits will be kept away and the Virgin Mary will enlighten us to fight at that time, so that we might even earn a crown of a martyr. This English translation of the Sermon of Metropolitan of Morphou Neophytos given during the 4th Salutations Service to the Theotokos on 16.03.2018 in the Holy Monastery of Panagia of Arakas, Cyprus, was recorded for otelders.org, by Peter Eliades. Read the full English transcript on our website otelders.org, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/otelders and subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/otelders

The Midnight Hour of the Agpeya (Night-Vigil) is sung by the monks of the Holy Monastery of St Macarius, in the Egyptian desert.

The Midnight Praises sung by the monks of the Holy Monastery of St Macarius, in the Egyptioan desert, in 1977.

In this fourth part of our four-part discussion (4/4) with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, which took place on May 8th, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to the current crisis, including the contemporary challenge of Caesaropapism to Orthodoxy and the innovations surrounding our understanding of the Holy Things in the Holy Temple of God. - - - - 00:39 - Question 1: Should the Church be Obedient to the State even though it violates our internal life? 02:31 - The Synod supposed it could bless monastics to deny their vows04:37 - Science doesn't say the truth; it seeks the truth.06:56 - The Phenomenon of Caesaropapism11:59 - Question 2: What about when it is not the State but the Hierarch which Innovates and Imposes upon the Clergy and People?13:08 - Question 3: Is it so that "the faithful - not the faith - are in danger?13:49 - Question 4: Is there absolutely no reason to close the Churches?14:13 - Question 5: Since the government doesn't understand, what should we do? 15:04 - There are "red lines" for the "Crypto-Christians" as well. 15:37 - "Whosoever confesses IN Me...": Noetic Prayer a criterion for ecclesiality17:13 - Question 6: Is this 'crisis' the result of not fulfilling the presuppositions for communion?18:11- Question 7: Who discerns and excludes those unprepared from communing? 18:44 - The example of Fr. Athanasios Chamakiotis in Marousi (Athens)19:19 - Question 8: What should Christians who are cut off from communion do as to live in a Christian way until they can commune again?20:42 - Question 9: Should we not stand beside the priests and hierarchs to support them in doing the right thing?- - - - Archimandrite Fr. Savas Agioreitis began his monastic life in the Holy Kelli of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Kerasia on Mt. Athos. He is also a graduate of the School of Dentistry and the School of Theology, at the University of Thessaloníki, where he completed his Masters Degree with Professor Demetrios Tselengides. Today, Fr. Savas is the spiritual father of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Diocese of Edessa, in northern Greece. Fr. Savas works tirelessly teaching and guiding the faithful not only in his diocese or in Greece, but, indeed, through the online homilies and lectures, the world over, wherever the rational sheep of Christ are thirsting for the Word of God and the Gospel. In addition to nearly daily homilies during Divine Liturgy, which are uploaded to the internet, now numbering in the many hundreds if not thousands, Fr. Savas is also a prolific author, penning more than 11 books. - - - - - A Four-Part Interview: 1. In the first segment we will address the Temple and whether or not the faithful need to fear becoming sick therein. 2. In the second segment, we address the all-important matter of having a spiritual father during these times of trouble and persecution. 3. In the third segment, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of this great challenge to our Faith. 4. And, in this fourth segment, we look at the challenge to the Orthodox Faith from contemporary Ceasaropapism and innovative ideas about the Holy Things in the Holy Temple. We are sure that these interviews, with the ever-vigilant Fr. Savas, offered with much love and sacrifice to you, the pious, zealous faithful, will undoubtedly be profitable and enlightening!  - - - - - OE is NOW ON PATREON, where you can also sign up for The Orthodox Survival Course: - Welcome VIDEO 

In this third part of our four-part discussion (3/4) with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, which took place on May 8th, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of the current persecution of Faith in Christ and to Him in the Church. - - - - 00:00:34 - Question 1: How will we live and survive this current situation? 00:01:14 - Answer 1: This crisis is pre-designed and we are under persecution00:02:59 - A matter of faith, a dogmatic issue00:04:07 - Question: Some say we are to bow before an icon, not kiss it. 00:05:30 - When we love God we also love our neighbor00:07:00 - The Priest is "a type and in the place of Christ"00:08:23 - St. Symeon the New Theologian: "Everything is expelled by Thy Light, o Christ"00:09:20 - An Incident in Our Days from Romania which teaches us 00:10:37 - [WHO Disgraced; march for global government]00:12:46 - Our Story in Romania: Communion Kills Virus- 00:14:49 - No need to change, for God Himself 'oikonomizes'00:15:49 - "Life will never be the same"? "No going back"? 00:16:24 - Ecclesiastical Leadership Follows Rulers of This World00:17:02 - What is said during the Consecration of the Temple00:17:54 - Locked in, and out, of the Sheepfold!00:19:37 - The Hierarch implores for the Temple to become "a refuge for patients"00:20:06 - Dogma and Ethos are inseparable; lose one, lost the other00:22:21 - The Temple: "an infirmary of passions, shelter of patients, expeller of demons."00:23:53 - First and Foremost: Become Firm in the Faith00:27:10 - Two abominations with regard to the Faith have led us here00:28:50 - Three are the greatest sins of modern Greeks00:30:45 - Spiritual Fathers without the Spirit00:32:13 - Rational Sheep must judge with righteous judgement- - - - Archimandrite Fr. Savas Agioreitis began his monastic life in the Holy Kelli of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Kerasia on Mt. Athos. He is also a graduate of the School of Dentistry and the School of Theology, at the University of Thessaloníki, where he completed his Masters Degree with Professor Demetrios Tselengides. Today, Fr. Savas is the spiritual father of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Diocese of Edessa, in northern Greece. Fr. Savas works tirelessly teaching and guiding the faithful not only in his diocese or in Greece, but, indeed, through the online homilies and lectures, the world over, wherever the rational sheep of Christ are thirsting for the Word of God and the Gospel. In addition to nearly daily homilies during Divine Liturgy, which are uploaded to the internet, now numbering in the many hundreds if not thousands, Fr. Savas is also a prolific author, penning more than 11 books. - - - - - A Four-Part Interview: 1. In the first segment we will address the Temple and whether or not the faithful need to fear becoming sick therein. 2. In this second segment, we address the all-important matter of having a spiritual father during these times of trouble and persecution. 3. In this third segment, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of this great challenge to our Faith. 4. And, in the fourth segment, we look at the challenge to the Orthodox Faith from contemporary Ceasaropapism and innovative ideas about the Holy Things in the Holy Temple. We are sure that these interviews, with the ever-vigilant Fr.

The second part of our four-part discussion (2/4) with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, given on May 8th, on the need to find, have and come under the direction of a spiritual father.Archimandrite Fr. Savas Agioreitis began his monastic life in the Holy Kelli of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Kerasia on Mt. Athos. He is also a graduate of the School of Dentistry and the School of Theology, at the University of Thessaloníki, where he completed his Masters Degree with Professor Demetrios Tselengides. Today, Fr. Savas is the spiritual father of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Diocese of Edessa, in northern Greece. Fr. Savas works tirelessly teaching and guiding the faithful not only in his diocese or in Greece, but, indeed, through the online homilies and lectures, the world over, wherever the rational sheep of Christ are thirsting for the Word of God and the Gospel. In addition to nearly daily homilies during Divine Liturgy, which are uploaded to the internet, now numbering in the many hundreds if not thousands, Fr. Savas is also a prolific author, penning more than 11 books. - - - - - 00:37 - Question 1: The Responsibilities of the Faithful  02:39 - Criterion given by St. Symeon the New Theologian - The Apostolic Life05:03 - The criterion is not that the priest, bishop or even Synod said it...05:45 - Question 2: Should I choose a Spiritual Father even if he lives hours away...by plane?07:28 - There will come a time when you will travel hundreds of miles to find a priest...08:16 - The Spiritual Father is a priest who has been purified and reached illumination10:33 - Question 3: What happens when a Spritual Father does not direct properly?12:18 - Question 4: How can the faithful discern whether or not he is being guided properly?14:13 - Illumination means the Noetic Prayer exists in the Spiritual Father14:55 - Examples of Spiritual Malpractice by Quack Spiritual Fathers17:10 - Examples of those coming to Confession without Repentance18:09 - A Spiritual Father must reach the level of Noetic Prayer21:50 - Question 5: What is Repentance?: To Move the Nous to the Heart23:12 - "Death came in through the Gates"24:34 - Question 6: Can one see noetic prayer, or its fruits, in the Spiritual Father?26:43 - Clear Criteria: Dogma and Ethos, the Truth, Way and Life27:12 - His Spiritual Children are also a Criterion29:00 - Question 7: If a priest does not confess the holiness of the Temple and Holy Things, should one avoid taking him as a Spiritual Father?30:24 - The Holy Canons say the opposite of what many Bishops and Priests are saying today (with Covid-19 measures)32:57 - We have lost the criteria today: even Patriarchs are succumbing to the spirit of Antichrist34:16 - ΧΞΣτ (666) = (X) Christian (Ξ) Stranger to the (Στ) Cross- - - - - A Four-Part Interview: 1. In the first segment we will address the Temple and whether or not the faithful need to fear becoming sick therein. 2. In this second segment, we address the all-important matter of having a spiritual father during these times of trouble and persecution. 3. In the third segment, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of this great challenge to our Faith. 4. And, in the fourth segment, we look at the challenge to the Orthodox Faith from contemporary Ceasaropapism and innovative ideas about the Holy Things in the Holy Temple. We are sure that these interviews, with the ever-vigilant Fr. Savas, offered with much love and sacrifice to you, the pious, zealous faithful, will undoubtedly be profitable and enlightening!  - - - - - The Greek original: https://youtu.be/aOf-i2mJmqEUtilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: -- https://oe-transcripts.now.sh

The first part of our four-part discussion with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, on the question of whether the Holy Temple and Holy Things can be conduits for infection and sickness.Archimandrite Fr. Savas Agioreitis began his monastic life in the Holy Kelli of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Kerasia on Mt. Athos. He is also a graduate of the School of Dentistry and the School of Theology, at the University of Thessaloníki, where he completed his Masters Degree with Professor Demetrios Tselengides. Today, Fr. Savas is the spiritual father of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Diocese of Edessa, in northern Greece. Fr. Savas works tirelessly teaching and guiding the faithful not only in his diocese or in Greece, but, indeed, through the online homilies and lectures, the world over, wherever the rational sheep of Christ are thirsting for the Word of God and the Gospel. In addition to nearly daily homilies during Divine Liturgy, which are uploaded to the internet, now numbering in the many hundreds if not thousands, Fr. Savas is also a prolific author, penning more than 11 books. - - - - - A Four-Part Interview: In this first segment we will address the Temple and whether or not the faithful need to fear becoming sick therein. In the second segment, we address the all-important matter of having a spiritual father during these times of trouble and persecution. In the third segment, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of this great challenge to our Faith. And, in the fourth segment, we look at the commentary of our Holy Venerable Father Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite on the 28th canon of the Sixth Oecumenical Council, which is being cited by some to support a change in the method of communing the faithful. Due to pleas from the faithful, we will air the fourth segment next and then return to the second and third afterwards. We are sure that these interviews, with the ever-vigilant Fr. Savas, offered with much love and sacrifice to you, the pious, zealous faithful, will undoubtedly be quite profitable and enlightening!  - - - - - Utilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: https://oe-transcripts.now.sh*For all who would like to support The Orthodox Ethos, donations can be made via Paypal at the following link: http://paypal.me/FrPeterHeersShare and Subscribe to the OE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthodoxEthosOE WEBSITE: https://orthodoxethos.comUNCUT MOUNTAIN PRESS (UMP) Website:https://www.uncutmountainpress.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frpeterheers Twitter: https://twitter.com/frpeterheersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/frpeterheers/ Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00Y938IQ2 Postcards from Greece Podcast: https://saintkosmas.com/heers-postcards-from-greece/ Academia: https://hts.academia.edu/FrPeterHeersDThLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frpeterheers/Books: https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/the-ecclesiological-renovation-of-second-vatican-council--english/https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/missionary-origins-of-modern-ecumenism/

Fr Chrysostom Koutloumousianos is a senior brother and priest-monk at the Holy Monastery of Koutloumous, Mount Athos. Having read English Literature at the University of Athens (1986) he pursued BA, MA and PhD studies in Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessalonica (1994-2007). He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London (2011-2014) and a Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London (2016-2018). His research interests focus on Patristics and the spirituality of Greek and Celtic monasticism. Since 1986 he lives in the monastery, while visiting other places for lectures or pastoral activities. He is currently a research fellow at Cambridge Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, working on a comparative study of St Romanos the Melodist and John Donne.

The Holy Monastery of the Honorable Forerunner hosts a unique community of Orthodox nuns from across the globe that have made the 500-year-old mountain monastery in Greece their home. In this programme we are transported by the mesmerising Byzantine chanting of the sisters and the musical bells of mountain goats, to a world far removed from the frenzied pace of modern life. Rachel O’Connell has lived as part of this community for the last year, and she guides us through this unique and fascinating world. We join this secluded community of tenacious and committed women as they work the land and serve God; their way of life a challenging and inspiring mix of intense faith, physical isolation, and frontier spirit. We will also share in their biggest feast of the year, Pasca, or Orthodox Easter. (Photo: Orthodox nuns work the land at The Holy Monastery of the Honorable Forerunner, Mount Kissavos, Greece, with kind permission from the monastery)

Linguists call it “shift.” The rest of us would call it “loss.” It’s what happens to the languages spoken by immigrants, and it happens fast. By the third generation, and sometimes even the second, the German or Hindi or Greek spoken in the home is gone. That’s why America, known for so many good things, is also known as the place “where languages go to die.” But not always. A big “Bravo!” to America’s language teachers. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages--their acronym ACTFL (pronounced ACT-Full) is fitting. Its Lead with Languages campaign encourages bilingualism for all. This episode was written by me, Steve Leveen, and our producer Fernando Air-nandez, who also does sound design and mixing. Our editorial consultants are Maja Thomas and Mim Harrison, research assistance from Alma Flores-Perez. Graphic Arts are created by Carlos Plaza Design Studio. Special thanks to Rev. Dr. James Katinas for letting us record in the sound studio of the Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Thanks as well to Greek Language School Director, Dr. Stavroula Christodoulou, the teachers of the St. Demetrios Greek School, and to Anastasia Kastrenakes Merkel for sharing her recording of the Chants of the Fathers of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou Mount Athos. Additional music and sound in this episode: Rast’e Tou Teke by Costa and Nero - Rast'e Tou Teke Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share alike 3.0 International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Costa_and_Nero/On_A_Steady_Diet_of_Hash_Bread__Salt/soundeyet_-_ON_A_STEADY_DIET_OF_HASH_BREAD__SALT_-_03_Raste_Tou_Teke Beach Party by Kevin Macleod http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Global_Sampler/Beach_Party Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Changes include high pass EQ Filter. Quasi Motion by Kevin Macleod Released under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Global_Sampler/Quasi_Motion Land Legs by Andy G. Cohen Released under a Creative Commons Attribution International License https://andyg.co/hen/ Seikilos Epitaph with the Lyre of Apollo by Lina Palera Released under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lina_Palera_Lyre_20_Project_player/An_Appreciation/01_Seikilos_Epitaph_with_the_Lyre_of_Apollo Bathed in fine dust by Andy G. Cohen Released under a Creative Commons Attribution International License https://andyg.co/hen/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Andy_G_Cohen/MUL__DIV_1198/Andy_G_Cohen_-_MULDIV_-_07_-_Bathed_in_Fine_Dust Aurea Carmina - Full mix by Kevin Macleod Released under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Aurea_Carmina Chicle Bombita by Francisco Penilla Courtesy by the author. Whose work can be found at https://soundcloud.com/francisco-penilla Chants of the Fathers of the Holy Monestary of Gregoriou Mount Athos Courtesy of Annastasia Kastrenakes Merkel’s personal recordings. Sounds: Drunk teenagers by Zabuhailo Released under a Creative Commons Attribution license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://freesound.org/people/Zabuhailo/sounds/195721/ Crowd sounds by Sagetyrtle http://freesound.org/people/sagetyrtle/sounds/102096/ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Meteora is a Greek word that means "suspended rocks." The breathtaking rock formations are just one of the many aspects of Meteora that make it one of the most beautiful places on earth. Dr. Daniel B. Wallace of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) details a trip that he led in the summer of 2010 to one of the many monasteries perched upon the high rock formations at Meteora, the Holy Monastery of St. Stephen.

Today, Fr. Peter and his family are at the Holy Monastery of the Archangel in Thassos where he reflects on the value and spiritual nurturing that comes from a pilgrimage to a monastery.

For more than two and a half centuries, the little mountain village of Petrokerasa has celebrated the feasts of Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday with the arrival of a segment of the True and Precious Cross of Christ, brought to them by the fathers of the Holy Monastery of Xeropotamou on Mount Athos. Fr. Peter tells the story.