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On almsgiving. And who is it that feeds the hungry God and gives drink to the thirsty, and so forth. And how this will be achieved by someone. And that if someone does not do all these things also in himself and feed and give drink to Christ, he will not be benefited at all from doing these things only for the poor, while neglecting himself as unfed and naked of the righteousness of God................................................................................. 62

Discourse 10. (184) ............................................................................................................ 68 On participation in the Holy Spirit and holiness and perfect dispassion. And that he who

loves glory from men is not benefited at all by the other virtues, even if he has accomplished them all. ........................................................................................................... 68

Discourse 11. (191).......................................................................................................... 70 On fasting. And that one ought not the benefit of the fast diligently only in the first and only

week of the fasts to observe and embrace, but it is necessary for the diligent to maintain the same and equal diligence in all the weeks of the fasts. .......................................................................................................................... 70

Discourse 12. .................................................................................................................... 73 On continence and patience in the practice of the virtues in the time of the

fast. And on silence. And how those who struggle in truth ought to live during the whole fast............................................................................................. 73

Discourse 13. (209) ......................................................................................................... 77 On the resurrection of Christ. And what it is like, or how in us comes about the

resurrection of Christ and in it the resurrection of the soul. And what is the mystery of this resurrection. Spoken after Pascha on the Monday of the second week of Pascha. ..................................................................................................... 77

Discourse 14. (216) .......................................................................................................... 80 On repentance and the beginning of the monastic life. And how someone, by a path and order

advancing to virtue in the practice of the commandments, comes to perfection. .......... 80 Discourse 15. (224) .......................................................................................................... 83 On impassioned and faithless and wicked disposition. And what is the union of God

with the sons of light and in what manner this comes to be in them. And towards the end, a condemnation of those who unworthily dare to attain the high priesthood. .................... 83

Discourse 16. (231) ........................................................................................................ 85 On the energies of the Holy Spirit. And what is the contemplation of

His mysteries. And how they are revealed to the pure in heart. And a profitable narrative from the introductions concerning a certain subordinate, who received the Holy Spirit through the prayers of his spiritual father..................................................... 85

Discourse 17. (238) .......................................................................................................... 88 On contemplation and revelation and illumined prayer. And how he who by

love is seized of God and has driven into the depth of humility, is energized by the Holy Spirit........................................................................................ 88

Discourse 18. (243).......................................................................................................... 90 On 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 by all means to hinder those who unworthily leap at authority, to unite for this purpose, and to work together. And toward the end, to the shepherd. ........................................................................... 90

Discourse 19. (266).......................................................................................................... 99 That one ought not to trust in the words and promises alone of

men, but from their works to be assured of the faithfulness of their words. And what is the disposition and love of true teachers toward

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Περί ἐλεημοσύνης. Καί τίς ἐστιν ὁ πεινῶντα τόν Θεόν τρέφων καί διψῶντα ποτίζων καί καθεξῆς. Καί πῶς τοῦτό τινι κατορθωθήσεται. Καί ὅτι εἰ μή τις καί ἐν ἑαυτῷ ταῦτα πάντα ποιήσει καί θρέψει καί ποτίσει Χριστόν, οὐδέν ὠφεληθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ ταῦτα μόνον ποιεῖν εἰς τούς πένητας, ἑαυτόν δέ ἄτροφον παρορᾶν καί γυμνόν τῆς δικαιοσύνης τοῦ Θεοῦ................................................................................. 62

Λόγος Ι΄. (184) ............................................................................................................ 68 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. ........................................................................................................... 68

Λόγος ΙΑ΄. (191).......................................................................................................... 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. .......................................................................................................................... 70

Λόγος ΙΒ΄. .................................................................................................................... 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............................................................................................. 73

Λόγος ΙΓ ΄. (209) ......................................................................................................... 77 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. ..................................................................................................... 77

Λόγος Ι∆΄. (216) .......................................................................................................... 80 Περί μετανοίας καί ἀρχῆς βίου μοναδικοῦ. Καί πῶς τις ὁδῷ καί τάξει

προβαίνων εἰς ἀρετήν ἐν τῇ τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐργασίᾳ εἰς τελειότητα ἔρχεται. .......... 80 Λόγος ΙΕ΄. (224) .......................................................................................................... 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. .................... 83

Λόγος Ιστ΄. (231) ........................................................................................................ 85 Περί τῶν ἐνεργειῶν τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου. Καί τίς ἡ θεωρία τῶν

μυστηρίων αὐτοῦ. Καί ὅπως τοῖς καθαροῖς τήν καρδίαν ἀποκαλύπτονται. Καί διήγησις ἐκ προοιμίων ἐπωφελής περί τινος ὑποτακτικοῦ, λαβόντος Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον ταῖς εὐχαῖς τοῦ πνευματικοῦ αὐτοῦ πατρός..................................................... 85

Λόγος ΙΖ΄. (238) .......................................................................................................... 88 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........................................................................................ 88

Λόγος ΙΗ΄. (243).......................................................................................................... 90 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. ........................................................................... 90

Λόγος ΙΘ΄. (266).......................................................................................................... 99 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