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CONTENTS OF OUR HOLY AND GREAT FATHER

SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN, PRESBYTER AND ABBOT OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MAMAS OF

XEROKERKOS, WORKS

VOLUME ONE (A') CATECHESES AND THANKSGIVINGS

CONTENTS................................................................................................................. 1 Discourse I. (21) ............................................................................................................... 4 Concerning love. And what are the ways and actions of spiritual men.

And a beatitude for those who have love in their heart. ....................................... 4 Discourse II. (28) .............................................................................................................. 7 Concerning fleeing from the pestilent and corrupting among men and

to send away their words and to rise up to the work of virtue. And furthermore, concerning the need to consider whether we have within ourselves the beatitudes of Christ. And concerning tears and compunction.................................................................................. 7

Discourse III. (45).............................................................................................................. 14 Concerning that it is necessary to be properly submissive and not to forget the covenants,

which we made with God. And that one must not grumble during the all-night vigils of the morning services....................................................................................................................... 14

Discourse IV. (59) ............................................................................................................. 19 Concerning repentance and compunction. And by what works it is possible to acquire this.

And that without tears it is impossible for anyone to arrive at purity and dispassion. .................................................................................................................................... 19

Discourse V. (86).............................................................................................................. 30 Concerning repentance. And that the distribution only of our possessions and

the stripping away of things itself are not sufficient for the purification of the soul, unless we also acquire mourning. And concerning the exile of Adam. And that if he had repented after transgressing, he would not have fallen from paradise. And what good his repentance after the fall worked in him. And concerning the second coming of the Lord and the condemnation of sinners. And towards the end, a reproof of those living in evil and hypocrisy.... 30

Discourse VI. (126).......................................................................................................... 46 Concerning spiritual work. And what was the work of the ancient saints. And how

we are able to accomplish this, so that we too, like them, may become partakers of the All-Holy Spirit. ..................................................................................................... 46

Discourse VII. (141)............................................................................................................ 52 Concerning attachment to relatives. And what its deceit is and into what kind of

pit and bond it leads down those held by it. And concerning despair and the distinction within it. And what is "He who has believed and has been baptized will be saved, but he who has disbelieved will be condemned." .................................................................................. 52

Discourse VIII. (159) ........................................................................................................... 58 Concerning perfect love and what its activity is. And that if not with diligence

we become partakers of the communion of the Spirit from this point on, we cannot be faithful and Christians, nor shall we be called sons and children of God. ........... 58

Discourse IX. (168) ........................................................................................................... 62

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ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΣΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ

ΣΥΜΕΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ ΜΟΝΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΜΑΜΑΝΤΟΣ ΤΗΣ

ΞΗΡΟΚΕΡΚΟΥ ΕΡΓΑ

ΤΟΜΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ (Α') ΚΑΤΗΧΗΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΙΑΙ

ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ................................................................................................................. 1 Λόγος Α΄. (21) ............................................................................................................... 4 Περί ἀγάπης. Καί ποῖαί εἰσι τῶν πνευματικῶν ἀνδρῶν αἱ ὁδοί καί αἱ πράξεις.

Καί μακαρισμός πρός τούς ἔχοντας τήν ἀγάπην ἐγκάρδιον. ....................................... 4 Λόγος΄.Β΄. (28) .............................................................................................................. 7 Περί τοῦ φεύγειν τούς λοιμούς καί φθοροποιούς τῶν ἀνθρώπων καί τούς

λόγους αὐτῶν ἀποπέμπεσθαι καί πρός τήν ἐργασίαν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀναστῆναι. Ἔτι δέ καί περί τοῦ δεῖν σκοπεῖν εἰ τά τῶν μακαρισμῶν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἔχομεν. Καί περί δακρύων καί κατανύξεως.................................................................................. 7

Λόγος Γ΄. (45).............................................................................................................. 14 Περί τοῦ ὅτι χρή καλῶς ὑποτάσσεσθαι καί μή ἐπιλανθάνεσθαι τῶν συνθηκῶν,

ὧν πρός Θεόν συνεθέμεθα. Καί ὅτι οὐ δεῖ γογγίζειν ἐπί ταῖς παννύχοις ἀγρυπνίαις τῶν ὄρθρων....................................................................................................................... 14

Λόγος ∆΄. (59) ............................................................................................................. 19 Περί μετανοίας καί κατανύξεως. Καί ἐκ ποίων ταύτην ἔργων κτήσασθαι

δυνατόν. Καί ὅτι ἄνευ δακρύων ἀδύνατον εἰς καθαρότητα καί ἀπάθειαν ἐλάσαι τινά. .................................................................................................................................... 19

Λόγος Ε΄. (86).............................................................................................................. 30 Περί μετανοίας. Καί ὅτι οὐκ ἀρκεῖ ἡμῖν ἡ τῶν ἐνόντων μόνον διάδοσις καί ἡ

ἀπογύμνωσις αὐτή τῶν πραγμάτων εἰς κάθαρσιν ψυχῆς, ἐάν μή καί τό πένθος κτησώμεθα. Καί περί τῆς τοῦ Ἀδάμ ἐξορίας. Καί ὅτι εἰ μετενόησε παραβάς, οὐκ ἄν τοῦ παραδείσου ἐξέπεσε. Καί οἷον ἀγαθόν εἰργάσατο αὐτοῦ ἡ μετά τήν ἔκπτωσιν μετάνοια. Καί περί τῆς δευτέρας τοῦ Κυρίου παρουσίας καί τῆς τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν κατακρίσεως. Καί πρός τό τέλος, ἔλεγχος τῶν ἐν κακίᾳ καί ὑποκρίσει ζώντων.... 30

Λόγος στ΄. (126).......................................................................................................... 46 Περί ἐργασίας πνευματικῆς. Καί τίς ἦν ἡ ἐργασία τῶν παλαιῶν ἁγίων. Καί πῶς

ταύτην κατορθῶσαι δυνάμεθα, ἵνα καί μέτοχοι, ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνοι, τοῦ Παναγίου γενώμεθα Πνεύματος. ..................................................................................................... 46

Λόγος Ζ΄. (141)............................................................................................................ 52 Περί προσπαθείας τῆς εἰς τούς συγγενεῖς. Καί τίς ἡ ἀπάτη αὐτῆς καί εἰς οἷον

βόθρον καί δεσμόν κατάγει τούς κρατουμένους ὑπ᾿ αὐτῆς. Καί περί ἀπογνώσεως καί τῆς ἐν ταύτῃ διαφορᾶς. Καί τί ἐστι τό "Ὁ πιστεύσας καί βαπτισθείς σωθήσεται, ὁ δέ ἀπιστήσας κατακριθήσεται". .................................................................................. 52

Λόγος Η΄. (159) ........................................................................................................... 58 Περί τελείας ἀγάπης καί τίς ἡ ταύτης ἐνέργεια. Καί ὅτι ἐάν μή διά σπουδῆς

ἐντεῦθεν ἤδη τῆς τοῦ Πνεύματος μεθέξεως γενώμεθα μέτοχοι, οὐδέ πιστοί καί χριστιανοί δυνάμεθα εἶναι, ἀλλ᾿ οὐδέ υἱοί καί τέκνα Θεοῦ χρηματίσωμεν. ........... 58

Λόγος Θ΄. (168) ........................................................................................................... 62