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"Today the concept of truth is viewed with suspicion, because truth is identified with violence. Over history there have, unfortunately, been episodes when people sought to defend the truth with violence. But they are two contrasting realities. Truth cannot be imposed with means other than itself! Truth can only come with its own light. Yet, we need truth. ... Without truth we are blind in the world, we have no path to follow. The great gift of Christ was that He enabled us to see the face of God".Pope Benedict xvi, February 24th, 2012
The Church is ecumenical, catholic, God-human, ageless, and it is therefore a blasphemy—an unpardonable blasphemy against Christ and against the Holy Ghost—to turn the Church into a national institution, to narrow her down to petty, transient, time-bound aspirations and ways of doing things. Her purpose is beyond nationality, ecumenical, all-embracing: to unite all men in Christ, all without exception to nation or race or social strata. - St Justin Popovitch
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Important Christian Literature
- "Cyberdesert" the Fathers on Prayer & the Christian Life
- "On Inmages" (Hilary of Poities John Damascene
- Abandonment to Divine Providence (Jean-Pierre de Caussade
- Ascent of Mount Carmel (John of the Cross)
- Augustine Baker (home page)
- Augustine Baker OSB "Sancta Sophia"
- Conferences of St John Cassian
- Confessions & Enchiridion (S> Augustine)
- Life of St Benedict (S. Gregory the Great)
- On St Symeon the New Theologian (i-pod)
- On the Gospel of St John and the "Epistle to the Hebrews (S. John Chrysostom)
- Paradise or Garden of the Holy Fathers vol. 1 (S. Athanasius)
- Paradise or Garden of the Holy Fathers vol.2. (S. Athanasius)
- Revelations of Divine Love (Julian of Norwich)
- Sermon on the Mount, Harmony of he Gospels, Sermons on the Gospels (S> Augustine)
- Spiritual Canticle of the Soul
- St Dionysius "Mystical Theology"
- St John of the Cross "The Dark Night of the Soul."
- The City of God (S. Augustine)
- The Cloud of Unknowing
- The Divine Names & Mystical Theology (S. Dionysius the Areopagite)
- The Inarnation (St Athanasius)
- The Life of St Teresa of Avila OCD
- The Practice of the Presence of God (Br Lawrence)
- The Rule of S. Benedict
- Works of Suplicius Severus, S. Vincent of Lerins, and S. John Cassia
Monastic Links
Orthodox Monasteries Throughout The World
Benedictine Order -website
Orthodox Monasticism in Patristic and Monastic Studies
My Blog List
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Triumph of the Slavic Script - On Friday we celebrate the feastday of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, according to the Old Calendar. The year 2013 in Thessaloniki, Greece will be devoted to S...8 hours ago
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Blogging holiday - Composing articles for Eclectic Orthodoxy requires an incredible amount of reading and writing for me. It is a time intensive activity, partly because much...17 hours ago
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Drama and Music To Make Us Think: Disability Hate Crime, Religious Persecution, Bullying, Relationships, the Holocaust, North Korea, Scapegoating of Minorities... - Reblogged from : A theatre company, consisting primarily, but not exclusively, of actors with learning disabilities, recently came to Westminster to per...1 day ago
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The Free Market and the Abuse of Power - When all else fails, believers in this vision [of market economies as systems of exploitation] point to specific activities by capitalist nations that hav...1 day ago
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Verses and Fathers Sayings - Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4: 12 Let my heart and ...1 day ago
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The Workman and His Tools - Painting: Saint Joseph, Georges de la Tour, 1642. CHAPTER IV. What are the Instruments of Good Works 18 Jan. 19 May. 18 Sept. In the first place, to love the...2 days ago
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Beauty and the Face of God - Everything is beautiful in a person when he turns toward God, and everything is ugly when it is turned away from God. Fr. Pavel Florensky +++ As I am prepa...2 days ago
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The Archimandrite and Ecumenism - Not too long ago a brilliant interview with Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ about ecumenical relations between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox church...2 days ago
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Archetype and Symbol III: On Noetic Vision, Continued… - Lets now look at the nous as an organ of perception. In speaking of the soul, according to its different faculties, we tend to create a fragmented notion o...2 days ago
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Elder Porphyry the Kapsokalivite Sees a Provocatively Dressed Woman - Years ago, when the Elder served at the Polyclinic of Athens, while walking in the area of Omonoia one day with two girls who were his spiritual children, ...3 days ago
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The Spirit Yearns - [A homily from Pentecost 2002.] When Christ sends his Holy Spirit, it’s because He’s got work to do: inside each of us, and through us, for the sake of the...3 days ago
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!1 week ago
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Passiontide Encouragement - I was granted the privilege of preaching the homily at the pan-Orthodox Vespers this evening at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church hosted by the Council of Ortho...4 weeks ago
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Abbot’s Homily at Mundelein - On Friday April 5th most of our monastic community went down to the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL where Abbot Nicholas served the Divin...5 weeks ago
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David Bentley Hart on Natural Law, Part Two - Ethika Politika Hart Has Reasons that Reason Cannot Know Hart’s (Non-)Response to His Critics: Trying to Have It Both Ways? Natural Law, Public Policy, and...5 weeks ago
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Chesterton on St Francis, love and asceticism - From G.K. Chesterton's St Francis... If ever that rarer sort of romantic love, which was the truth that sustained the Troubadours, falls out of fashion and...1 year ago
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On Holidays - ROCOR United editor in Hawaii last yearDear ROCOR United readers Its summer time here in Australia and we are taking a few weeks holidays. We thank you for...2 years ago
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On Searching - Recently I received an email from a friend who was commenting on my return to Catholicism and my decision to become a Benedictine Oblate. She, too, has be...4 years ago
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