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Silence | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! Unceasing Prayer is for Everyone. April 1, 2016. Let no one think, my Christian Brethren, that only persons in holy orders, or monks, are obliged to pray unceasingly and at all times, but not laymen. No, no! It is the duty of all us Christians to remain always in prayer. St Gregory Palamas,. Continue reading →. August 11, 2015. August 10, 2015.
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Poetry | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! Prayer of Met. St. Philaret of Moscow. March 9, 2015. There is a prayer of Metropolitan St. Philaret of Moscow that I love, but I haven’t yet succeeded in memorizing. In effort to capture in a memorable way the spirit of that prayer (a version of which can be found here. I worked out this more poetic paraphrase: Continue reading →. May 2, 2013.
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Pascha | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! August 11, 2015. Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Abba Philagrius demonstrates well the admonition of Christ,. Not wanting the praise of men for his reward, Abba Philagrius fled, knowing that praise can induce pride, and pride destroys compassion and humility, which are better than any material reward. Continue reading →. May 23, 2014. Abba Evag...
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Notes | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! S L Frank on the Universal Monkhood of All Believers. November 11, 2015. I just read this, and it’s too good not to share. It is from. The Light Shineth in the Darkness. The Russian Orthodox Philosopher S. L. Frank:. Insofar as they are at all Christians. 8216;Gossip, Slander, and Complaining’. August 10, 2015. Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
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Chastity | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! June 19, 2014. Abba Poemen said: “As a bodyguard is always standing by to protect the Emperor, so the soul ought ever to be ready for the demon of lust.”. Sayings of the Desert Fathers. The fathers, even by many Christians today, are often derided for supposed sexual puritanism (no offense intended to any actual Puritans). September 22, 2013.
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Fasting | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! The Beauty of Lent. February 10, 2016. In honor of the start of Western Lent on this Ash Wednesday (Orthodox Lent doesn’t start until March), I wrote a short reflection for. In ancient Egypt there lived an abbess named Sarah. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Did she have an unhealthy, negative assessment of the material world? March 12, 2015.
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General | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! August 13, 2014. Sayings of the Desert Fathers. There are many sayings like these in the ascetic writings of the Church. One could list basic causes of all sin. If so, then his solution might be your solution as well. Continue reading →. Continue reading →. 8216;Western Asceticism’ on Archive.org. October 16, 2013. Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
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Community | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! May 13, 2015. A story for a future collection of sayings:. Continue reading →. April 10, 2015. Fairer he in beauty. Than are all mortal kind,. Now a corpse we see, unsightly, bereft of form,. He who beautified the nature of all things. Lamentations of the Matins of Great and Holy Saturday. Continue reading →. February 22, 2015. Just a short re...
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Recommended Reading | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! Click the titles for more information.). This is, perhaps, the best introduction to the. Sayings of the Desert Fathers. This excellent collection includes the. Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Nearly complete), some selections from the conferences of St. John Cassian, and the. Rule of St. Benedict. St Augustine’s Confessions. The Life of Antony.
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Grace | Everyday Asceticism
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Living in the world. Longing for the desert. Thanks for dropping by Everyday Asceticism! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. To stay updated. See you around! January 9, 2015. Abba Poemen said also: “Grief is twofold: it works good, and it keeps out evil.”. Sayings of the Desert Fathers. There are many ways in which Abba Poemen could be wrong. But let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and presume that he is aware of all those. When is Abba Poemen right? When is grief not only not. January 8, 2015.
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