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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

When St. John the Theologian Faced the Magician Kynops on the Island of Patmos

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There was on the island of Patmos, where the Holy Apostle John was exiled to, a certain magician by the name of Kynops, who lived in the wi...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

An Orthodox Look At Nostradamus

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By Hieromonk Job (Gumerov) The word of God gives us very precise warnings about self-proclaimed prophets and spiritual deceivers. "Be...
Thursday, September 8, 2016

On Spiritual Deception (St. Ignatius Brianchaninov)

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By Bishop Ignatius (Brianchaninov) Disciple: Give me a precise and detailed notion of spiritual deception. What exactly is this condition...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Saint Anthony's Encounter With the Satyr and the Centaur

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In the Life of Paul the Hermit by Saint Jerome, written in the year 374 or 375 during Jerome’s stay in the desert of Syria, we read how Sa...
Monday, August 22, 2016

On Dreams (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

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By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos In the previous chapter we discussed fantasy and imagination, the damage they cause to our spiritu...
Friday, August 19, 2016

Saint Paisios the Athonite on Deluders and the Deluded

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"While evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deluding and being deluded."(1) Regarding the Delusion of the Pentecos...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Saint Paisios the Athonite on Spiritual Delusion

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Ascesis and delusion - Elder, I am afraid of delusion. - So you should. Whoever is afraid of delusion will not be deluded, because they a...