The long awaited English translation of the fifth volume of the Philokalia. Rich in teachings from the saints about many spiritual virtues and challenges.Translated from the original Greek. The full text!The Philokalia, which means “the love of the good and beautiful”, was compiled by St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarios of Corinth and first published in Greek in 1782 as an anthology of classic spiritual texts ranging from the 4th to the 15th century. Its rich assortment of edifying literature provides boundless wisdom and guidance regarding prayer, the soul’s ascent to God through grace by its natural “love for beauty”, and its struggle to overcome its own passions and fragmentation. The fifth and final volume explores the central themes of the 14th century Orthodox theology of Hesychasm, relating to the life of stillness, the practice of the Jesus Prayer, and the contemplation and experience of God. It includes an Exact Rule and Method for Hesychasts, Angelikoudes’ Chapters, full of mystical devotions and meditations on God and man, as well as the profoundly philosophical work On Union with God and the Contemplative Life. Lastly, it concludes with exhortations for all Christians to pray unceasingly, in accordance with St. Paul’s injunction to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17), and the Lord's declaration, “Be still and know that I am God” (Ps. 45:11).

Philokalia: Volume 5

Religion & Spirituality

Christina, Nun

Skoubourdis, Anna

Christian Books & Bibles

Virgin Mary of Australia and Oceania

"The demons have the same deceit and goal when they work with thoughts or through men devoted to sensuousness and the world. The demons slander the monastic life calling it unnatural and impossible, by instilling these false concepts, they try to tame the ascetic's zeal, plunge them into negligence of salvation, drown them in the carnal life and in pleasing the passions."

A Word On Death by Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov

Politics & Social Sciences

Monastery, St George

Sociology

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On October 13,2002, the Orthodox Church of Antioch reinstituted the annual feast day of the Holy Hieromartyr Jacob of Hamatoura. Saint Jacob struggled in asceticsim durign the fifteenth century at the Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Lebanon.

Supplicatory Canon to the Holy Hieromartyr Jacob of Hamatoura

Supplicatory Canon to Saint Ephraim of Katounakia.

Supplicatory Canon to Saint Ephraim of Katounakia

Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint Luke the Doctor.

Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint Luke the Surgeon

Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint Iakovos Tsalikis of Evia.

Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint Iakovos Tsalikis of Evia

Supplicatory Canon to Saint Joseph the Hesychast from Mt Athos.

Supplicatory Canon to Saint Joseph the Hesychast

Pachomius was the first to set down a written rule] The first rule was composed of prayers generally known and in general use, such as the Lord's Prayer. The monks were to pray them every day. As the community developed, the rules were elaborated with precepts taken from the Bible. He drew up a rule which made things easier for the less proficient, but did not check the most extreme asceticism in the more proficient. The Rule sought to balance prayer with work, the communal life with solitude. The day was organised around the liturgy, with time for manual work and devotional reading. Fasts and work were apportioned according to the individual's strength. Each monk received the same food and clothing. Common meals were provided, but those who wished to absent themselves from them were encouraged to do so, and bread, salt, and water were placed in their cells. In the Pachomian monasteries it was left very much to the individual taste of each monk to fix the order of life for himself. Thus the hours for meals and the extent of his fasting were settled by him alone, he might eat with the others in common or have bread and salt provided in his own cell every day or every second day. Basil the Great and Benedict of Nursia adapted and incorporated parts of it in their rules.

The Monastic Rule of Saint Pachomius the Great

The Ladder of Divine Ascent is an ascetical treatise on avoiding vice and practicing virtue so that at the end, salvation can be obtained. Written by Saint John Climacus initially for monastics, it has become one of the most highly influential and important works used by the Church as far as guiding the faithful to a God-centered life, second only to Holy Scripture.

The Ladder of Divine Ascent

Climacus, Saint John

Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia

Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia

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Philokalia: Volume 5

A Word On Death by Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov

Supplicatory Canon to the Holy Hieromartyr Jacob of Hamatoura

Supplicatory Canon to Saint Ephraim of Katounakia

Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint Luke the Surgeon

Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint Iakovos Tsalikis of Evia

Supplicatory Canon to Saint Joseph the Hesychast

The Monastic Rule of Saint Pachomius the Great

The Ladder of Divine Ascent

Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia