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Philokalia Ministries

2013-04

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Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step One and Two

Wednesday Apr 24, 2013

Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step One and Two

Wednesday Apr 24, 2013

Ladder of Divine Ascent; St. John Climacus; Renunciation; Detachment

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Ladder of Divine Ascent - Introduction and Step One

Wednesday Apr 17, 2013

Ladder of Divine Ascent - Introduction and Step One

Wednesday Apr 17, 2013

Ladder of Divine Ascent and St. John Climacus, History and background; structure and emphases of the work; What does the Ladder mean for those living in the world; Step One - On the Renunciation of the World

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Philokalic Spirituality in a Post-Modern Culture

Wednesday Apr 10, 2013

Philokalic Spirituality in a Post-Modern Culture

Wednesday Apr 10, 2013

A study on the anthropology of Saint Gregory Palamas. The theology of the person, as this is revealed in the hesychast ascetic tradition, is the most significant counter-argument to post-modern individualism and relativism. The ascetics of introversion and of conscious tranquility (hesychia) is not a psychological proposition but the authentic and only way of transforming the “repulsive mask” into a person.

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Nous Part Ten - Theoretic Nous and Deified Nous

Wednesday Apr 03, 2013

Nous Part Ten - Theoretic Nous and Deified Nous

Wednesday Apr 03, 2013

Theosis and Deification - "Mind that sees God"; cannot reached blessed state unless passing through practical stage of asceticism and purification; fixed and faultless movement between nous of man and Nous of God; joy that comes through theosis; seeing God's virtues in self.

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