The Orthodox Ethos
The Role of the Spiritual Father in the Current Crisis: Interview with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis
The second part of our four-part discussion (2/4) wi...
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Jul 3 2020 36m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Question 1: The Responsibilities of the FaithfulChapter 2 2 mins
Criterion given by St. Symeon the New Theologian - The Apostolic LifeChapter 3 42 sec
The criterion is not that the priest, bishop or even Synod said it...Chapter 4 1 min
Question 2: Should I choose a Spiritual Father even if he lives hours away...by plane?Chapter 5 48 sec
There will come a time when you will travel hundreds of miles to find a priest...Chapter 6 2 mins
The Spiritual Father is a priest who has been purified and reached illuminationChapter 7 1 min
Question 3: What happens when a Spritual Father does not direct properly?Chapter 8 1 min
Question 4: How can the faithful discern whether or not he is being guided properly? Chapter 9 42 sec
Illumination means the Noetic Prayer exists in the Spiritual FatherChapter 10 2 mins
Examples of Spiritual Malpractice by Quack Spiritual FathersChapter 11 59 sec
Examples of those coming to Confession without RepentanceChapter 12 3 mins
A Spiritual Father must reach the level of Noetic PrayerChapter 13 1 min
Question 5: What is Repentance?: To Move the Nous to the HeartChapter 14 1 min
"Death came in through the Gates"Chapter 15 2 mins
Question 6: Can one see noetic prayer, or its fruits, in the Spiritual Father?Chapter 16 29 sec
Clear Criteria: Dogma and Ethos, the Truth, Way and LifeChapter 17 1 min
His Spiritual Children are also a CriterionChapter 18 1 min
Question 7: If a priest does not confess the holiness of the Temple and Holy Things, should one avoid taking him as a Spiritual Father?Chapter 19 2 mins
The Holy Canons say the opposite of what many Bishops and Priests are saying today (with Covid-19 measures)Chapter 20 1 min
We have lost the criteria today: even Patriarchs are succumbing to the spirit of AntichristChapter 21 2 mins
ΧΞΣτ (666) = (X) Christian (Ξ) Stranger to the (Στ) Cross