Saint Cosmas of Aetolia

Colloquium No. I (X) / 2020 Interview with Father Efrem Vatopedinul, abbot of Vatopedu Monastery on Mount Athos Hieromonk Dionisie

An interview with an Athonite abbot, conducted by Hieromonk Dionysius of Ostrov Monastery, explores essential themes of the Orthodox spiritual life: gratitude towards God as the key to the mysteries revealed to Saint Joseph the Hesychast, the role of spiritual fatherhood, asceticism, fear, the contemporary crisis and the failure to manifest virtues, illustrated by recollections of Saints Paisios of Mount Athos, Ephrem of Katounakia and Joseph of Vatopedi.

Colloquium No. I (VIII) / 2019 On the priesthood and the passions, with Father Damaschin Grigoriatul George Crăsnean

Father Damaschin of Grigoriou Monastery (Athos), a missionary monk who learnt Romanian, Swahili and other languages in order to translate texts on Orthodox spirituality and carry out missionary work in Africa, speaks about the spiritual struggle against carnal passions, the purity required of the priesthood, humility as the foundation of Christian life, and the attainment of grace through the Jesus Prayer.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (VIII) / 2019 Books — a means of spiritual edification or ruin Dr. Oana-Mădălina Popescu

This article analyses the work Apologia against the Godless, attributed to St Athanasius of Paros, printed at Neamț Monastery in 1816 and reprinted in Bucharest in 1819, presenting the historical context of its publication in relation to the European Enlightenment and the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s policy towards Voltairean ideas, as well as the relationship between philosophy and theology set out in the text of the work.

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