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Concerning participation in the Holy Spirit and holiness and perfect dispassion. And that he who loves glory from men is not benefited by any of the other virtues, even if he has accomplished them all. ........................................................................................................... 70

Discourse X. (184) ............................................................................................................ 70 Concerning fasting. And that one must not diligently keep and embrace the benefit of the fast in the first and only

week of the fasts, but it is necessary for the diligent to maintain the equal and same diligence in all the weeks of the fasts. .......................................................................................................................... 73

Discourse XI. (191).......................................................................................................... 73 Concerning self-control and patience in the practice of the virtues in the time of the

fast. And concerning silence. And how those who struggle in truth must live throughout the entire fast............................................................................................. 76

Discourse XII. .................................................................................................................... 76 Concerning the resurrection of Christ. And of what sort it is or how in us comes about the

resurrection of Christ and in it the resurrection of the soul. And what the mystery of this resurrection is. Spoken after Pascha on the Monday of the second week of Pascha. ..................................................................................................... 80

Discourse XIII. (209) ......................................................................................................... 80 Concerning repentance and the beginning of the monastic life. And how someone by a way and an order

advancing to virtue in the practice of the commandments comes to perfection. .......... 83 Discourse XIV. (216) .......................................................................................................... 83 Concerning a passionate and faithless and evil disposition. And what the union of God

with the sons of light is and in what manner this comes about in them. And towards the end, a condemnation of those who unworthily dare to attain the high priesthood. .................... 86

Discourse XV. (224) .......................................................................................................... 86

Discourse XVI. (231) ........................................................................................................ 89 Concerning contemplation and revelation and illumined prayer. And how he who by the

love of God is seized and has driven to a depth of humility, is energized by the Holy Spirit........................................................................................ 91

Discourse XVII. (238) .......................................................................................................... 91 Concerning the methods of the evil one, which he suggests to the more frivolous and

those who love to be first, whenever the shepherd is chosen from among men. And that it is necessary for all to work together to hinder those who unworthily leap at authority. And at the end, to the shepherd. ........................................................................... 93

Discourse XVIII. (243).......................................................................................................... 94 That one must not trust only in the words and promises of

men, but the trustworthiness of their words should be confirmed by their deeds. And of what sort is the disposition and love of true teachers towards their disciples. And of what sort are their tender mercies and their care. And how they intercede with God on their behalf.............................................................................. 103

Discourse XIX. (266)........................................................................................................ 103 Concerning renunciation and the cutting off of the will, for those who asked him to write to them

how one ought to complete the ascetic life. And that it is good and beneficial for this to use an experienced guide, that is, a spiritual father, in order to learn the difficult practice of virtue and the ascetic art. And concerning faith in spiritual fathers and the vision of light, by which every illumined soul advances to the love of God. ........................................................ 105

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Περί μετοχῆς Πνεύματος Ἁγίου καί ἁγιωσύνης καί τελείας ἀπαθείας. Καί ὅτι ὁ ἀγαπῶν τήν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων δόξαν οὐδέν ἐκ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀρετῶν ὠφελεῖται, κἄν πάσας κατώρθωσε. ........................................................................................................... 70

Λόγος Ι΄. (184) ............................................................................................................ 70 Περί νηστείας. Καί ὅτι οὐ χρή τό τῆς νηστείας ὠφέλιμον ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ καί μόνῃ

τῶν νηστειῶν ἑβδομάδι σπουδαίως τηρεῖν καί ἀσπάζεσθαι, ἀλλά τήν ἴσην καί τήν αὐτήν σπουδήν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἑβδομάσι τῶν νηστειῶν ἀναγκαῖον τοῖς σπουδαίοις διατηρεῖν. .......................................................................................................................... 73

Λόγος ΙΑ΄. (191).......................................................................................................... 73 Περί ἐγκρατείας καί ὑπομονῆς εἰς τήν ἐργασίαν τῶν ἀρετῶν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς

νηστείας. Καί περί σιωπῆς. Καί ὅπως δεῖ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ νηστείᾳ διάγειν τούς ἀγωνιζομένους ἐν ἀληθείᾳ............................................................................................. 76

Λόγος ΙΒ΄. .................................................................................................................... 76 Περί τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀναστάσεως. Καί ὁποία τίς ἐστιν ἤ πῶς ἐν ἡμῖν γίνεται ἡ

ἀνάστασις τοῦ Χριστοῦ καί ἐν αὐτῇ ἡ ἀνάστασις τῆς ψυχῆς. Καί τί τό μυστήριον ταύτης τῆς ἀναστάσεως. Ἐλέχθη μετά τό Πάσχα τῇ δευτέρᾳ τῆς δευτέρας ἑβδομάδος τοῦ Πάσχα. ..................................................................................................... 80

Λόγος ΙΓ ΄. (209) ......................................................................................................... 80 Περί μετανοίας καί ἀρχῆς βίου μοναδικοῦ. Καί πῶς τις ὁδῷ καί τάξει

προβαίνων εἰς ἀρετήν ἐν τῇ τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐργασίᾳ εἰς τελειότητα ἔρχεται. .......... 83 Λόγος Ι∆΄. (216) .......................................................................................................... 83 Περί ἐμπαθοῦς καί ἀπίστου καί πονηρᾶς διαθέσεως. Καί τίς ἡ ἕνωσις τοῦ Θεοῦ

πρός τούς υἱούς τοῦ φωτός καί τίνα τρόπον ἐν αὐτοῖς αὕτη γίνεται. Καί πρός τό τέλος, καταδρομή τῶν ἀναξίως κατατολμώντων τῆς ἀρχιερωσύνης. .................... 86

Λόγος ΙΕ΄. (224) .......................................................................................................... 86 Λόγος Ιστ΄. (231) ........................................................................................................ 89 Περί θεωρίας καί ἀποκαλύψεως και πεφωτισμένης εὐχῆς. Καί ὅπως ὁ ὑπό τῆς

ἀγάπης κατασχεθείς τοῦ Θεοῦ καί εἰς βάθος ταπεινοφροσύνης ἐλάσας, ἐνεργεῖται ὑπό τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου........................................................................................ 91

Λόγος ΙΖ΄. (238) .......................................................................................................... 91 Περί μεθόδων τοῦ πονηροῦ, ὧν ὑποβάλλει τοῖς κουφοτέροις καί

φιλοπρωτεύουσιν, ὁπόταν ὁ ποιμήν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων γένηται. Καί ὅτι χρή τούς μέν ἀναξίως ἐπιπηδῶντας τῇ ἀρχῇ πάσῃ κωλύειν συνωθεῖν ἐπί τοῦτο καί συνεργεῖν. Καί πρός τῷ τέλει, πρός τόν ποιμένα. ........................................................................... 93

Λόγος ΙΗ΄. (243).......................................................................................................... 94 Ὅτι οὐ χρή ἐπί μόνοις τοῖς λόγοις καί ταῖς ὑποσχέσεσι θαρρεῖν τῶν

ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ τῶν ἔργων τό πιστόν βεβαιοῦσθαι τῶν λόγων αὐτῶν. Καί οἵα τίς ἐστιν ἡ τῶν ἀληθινῶν διδασκάλων διάθεσις καί ἀγάπη πρός τούς μαθητευομένους αὐτοῖς. Καί ὁποῖα τά σπλάγχνα καί ἡ φροντίς αὐτῶν. Καί ὅπως ὑπέρ αὐτῶν ἐντυγχάνουσι τῷ Θεῷ.............................................................................. 103

Λόγος ΙΘ΄. (266)........................................................................................................ 103 Περί ἀποταγῆς καί ἐκκοπῆς θελήματος, πρός τούς αἰτήσαντας γράψαι αὐτοῖς

πῶς ὀφείλει τις τόν ἀσκητικόν διανύσαι βίον. Καί ὅτι καλόν ἐπί τούτῳ καί ἐπωφελές ἐμπείρῳ χρήσασθαι ὁδηγῷ ἤγουν πνευματικῷ πατρί εἰς τό αμαθεῖν τά τῆς ἀρετῆς καί τῆς ἀσκητικῆς τέχνης τήν δυσκατόρθωτον ἐργασίαν. Καί περί πίστεως τῆς εἰς τούς πνευματικούς πατέρας καί θεωρίας φωτός, ὑφ᾿ οὗ πᾶσα φωτιζομένη ψυχή προκόπτει εἰς ἀγάπην Θεοῦ. ........................................................ 105