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Discourse X. (184) ............................................................................................................ 68 On fasting. And that one should not the benefit of the fast in the first and only

week of the fasts zealously to observe and to embrace, but that it is necessary for the zealous to maintain the equal and same zeal in all the weeks of the fasts. .......................................................................................................................... 70

Discourse XI. (191).......................................................................................................... 70 On self-control 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............................................................................................. 74

Discourse XII. .................................................................................................................... 74 On the resurrection of Christ. And of what sort it is or how in us occurs 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. ..................................................................................................... 78

Discourse XIII. (209) ......................................................................................................... 78 On repentance and the beginning of the monastic life. And how someone by way and in order

progressing in virtue in the practice of the commandments comes to perfection. .......... 80 Discourse XIV. (216) .......................................................................................................... 80 On a passionate 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 denunciation of those who unworthily dare to assume the high priesthood. .................... 84

Discourse XV. (224) .......................................................................................................... 84 Discourse XVI. (231) ........................................................................................................ 86 On contemplation and revelation and illumined prayer. And how he who by the

love of God has been seized and has advanced to a depth of humility, is energized by the Holy Spirit........................................................................................ 89

Discourse XVII. (238) .......................................................................................................... 89 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 one ought by all means to hinder those who unworthily leap at authority from pushing for this and cooperating. And toward the end, to the shepherd. ........................................................................... 91

Discourse XVIII. (243).......................................................................................................... 91 That one ought not to trust in the words and promises alone of

men, but to be assured of the faithfulness of their words from their works. And of what sort is the disposition and love of true teachers toward those who are their disciples. And what sort of compassion and care they have. And how they intercede with God on their behalf.............................................................................. 100

Discourse XIX. (266)........................................................................................................ 100 On 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 for this it is good and profitable to make use of an experienced guide, that is, a spiritual father, in order to learn the difficult practice of virtue and the ascetic art. And on faith in spiritual fathers and the contemplation of light, by which every illumined soul makes progress in the love of God. ........................................................ 102

Discourse XX. (273) ......................................................................................................... 103 On the remembrance of death. And what a good end his thrice-blessed has given

brother Antony. And towards the end, a funeral oration for him. .............................. 106 Discourse XXI. (283)....................................................................................................... 106 Discourse XXII. (289) ....................................................................................................... 109

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Λόγος Ι΄. (184) ............................................................................................................ 68 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 ΙΑ΄. (191).......................................................................................................... 70 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............................................................................................. 74

Λόγος ΙΒ΄. .................................................................................................................... 74 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. ..................................................................................................... 78

Λόγος ΙΓ ΄. (209) ......................................................................................................... 78 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 Ι∆΄. (216) .......................................................................................................... 80 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. .................... 84

Λόγος ΙΕ΄. (224) .......................................................................................................... 84 Λόγος Ιστ΄. (231) ........................................................................................................ 86 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........................................................................................ 89

Λόγος ΙΖ΄. (238) .......................................................................................................... 89 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. ........................................................................... 91

Λόγος ΙΗ΄. (243).......................................................................................................... 91 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.............................................................................. 100

Λόγος ΙΘ΄. (266)........................................................................................................ 100 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. ........................................................ 102

Λόγος Κ΄. (273) ......................................................................................................... 103 Περί μνήμης θανάτου. Καί οἷον ἀγαθόν τέλος δέδωκεν ὁ τρισόλβιος αὐτοῦ

ἀδελφός Ἀντώνιος. Καί πρός τῷ τέλει, ἐπιτάφιος πρός αὐτόν. .............................. 106 Λόγος ΚΑ΄. (283)....................................................................................................... 106 Λόγος ΚΒ΄. (289) ....................................................................................................... 109