In his letter to Nun Eusebia, we are offered a unique and intimate glimpse into St Nektarios' role as a spiritual father. Here the saint uses his extensive knowledge and wisdom to encourage his spiritual daughter along the monastic path she has chosen to walk. Nevertheless, these lessons are equally beneficial to Christians living in the world, yet desire to grow in their love and devotion to God. "The dangers which come from the desires of the heart, the considerations thereof, are as enormous as those from the thoughts of the mind because they are treacherous. The sources of different desires, considerations, and thoughts are the works of the hand and the works of the mind; the impulses of the nous and the impulses of the heart. As it were, the sources of the material and spiritual world are insufficient, and oftentimes they spring from external suggestions.
This book is the print version of the following kindle books: On the Types of Witchcraft About Creation, the Fall of Man and Heaven and Hell About Faith, Hope, Love and Grace About Prayer and the Divine Liturgy About Sin, Confession and Holy Communion
While Saint Nektarios is already renowned for being a wonderworker, a prolific writer, a gifted preacher, and, of course, a divinely inspired spiritual father, his artistic talents have largely remained unnoticed. Completed in 1907, while he was the Director of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School, this collection of his own hand-drawn calligraphy, primarily in the form of the Precious and Life-giving Cross, demonstrates his devotion to Christ and his Holy Cross by means of the graphic arts. Here we are given a rare glimpse into something which gave repose and joy to the saint when he was not preoccupied with his many other duties. English translations accompany each hand-drawn piece so that, for the first time, an exceedingly broad audience can enjoy and be spiritually edified by the fruit of the saint's pen in a uniquely different way.
Saint Nektarios composed this work in 1914 at the behest of the Metropolitan of Athens "in order to refute erroneous positions and deluded human teachings which are held out of a complete ignorance of the historical appearance of the Holy Cross." Having gained independence from the Ottomans, the Greeks found themselves under the increasing cultural influence of Western Europe, and with that came iconoclastic Protestant tendencies, including a disdain for the veneration of the Holy Cross. In this book, Saint Nektarios seeks to educate Orthodox Christians and strengthen their faith in the Cross of Christ, drawing deeply and widely from biblical, historical, and patristic sources, as well modern scholarship, to cover the spiritual, historical, liturgical and symbolic aspects of this ancient, significant, and most cherished Christian tradition and refuting the challenges to it.
Doctor of Medicine, Professor, and State Prize winner, since 1944 he was the Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk, and later of Simferopol and the Crimea. While he was serving the church as an Archbishop, he was also practicing as a surgeon and taught and published many books and articles on regional anesthesia and surgery. He is now known to be a world-famous pioneering surgeon.
Chapter 1 On Oaths Chapter 2 On the Conditions of Subjective Salvation Chapter 3 On the Seven Holy Mysteries Chapter 4 On the Mystery of Holy Baptism Chapter 5 On the Mystery of Holy Unction Chapter 6 On the Mystery of Holy Communion Chapter 7 On the Mystery of Repentance (Confession) Chapter 8 On the Mystery of the Priesthood (Ordination) Chapter 9 On the Mystery of Marriage (Wedding) Chapter 10 On the Mystery of the Holy Anointing of the Sick Chapter 11 On Disciplinary Power Chapter 12 On the Sanctification of Objects and Nature Chapter 13 Burning Frankincense. Anaphora. Religious Flags. Candles. Chapter 14 On Clean and Unclean Food Chapter 15 On Celebrating Sunday Instead of Saturday Chapter 16 On the Date of the Second Coming of the Lord Chapter 17 On the Kingdom of the One Thousand Years (Millennium)
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