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CONTENTS OF OUR HOLY AND GREAT FATHER

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

OF XEROKERKOS, WORKS

VOLUME THREE (III) HYMNS EPISTLES

CONTENTS................................................................................................................. 1 By Niketas, monk and presbyter of the Stoudios Monastery, Stethatos, on

the book of the divine hymns of our holy father Symeon. (11) ........................ 5 THE TABLE OF DIVINE LOVES..................................................................................... 10 A MYSTICAL PRAYER......................................................................................................... 15 A'.................................................................................................................................. 16 Concerning divine illumination and the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit; and that God is one place,

in whom after death all the Saints have their rest; and that he who falls away from God will not have rest in another place in the life to come. (37) ........ 16

B' .................................................................................................................................. 22 What was the change that came upon this father and how, having been purified to the uttermost,

he was united to God and what he became from what he was, his words of love towards God here declare; who also, theologizing, speaks towards the end concerning angels. (45) ......................... 22

G'. ................................................................................................................................. 25 Who is the monk and what is his work; and to what height this divine

father ascended in contemplation. ................................................................................................. 25 D'. ................................................................................................................................. 26 Instruction for monks who have just renounced the world and the things in the world; and

concerning what sort of faith one ought to have towards one's own father. (51) .................... 26 E'. ................................................................................................................................. 28 An alphabet by the same, in double stanzas for each letter, exhorting and guiding

the one who has just departed from the world to run towards perfection of life. (55)......... 28 ST'................................................................................................................................ 30 Quatrains by the same, showing from this his love for God. (57)

............................................................................................................................................. 30 Z'. ................................................................................................................................. 30 An address by the same to God; and how, being joined to God and seeing the glory of God

active within himself, he was astonished. (59) ............................................................ 30 H'.................................................................................................................................. 32 To whom God reveals Himself and who come to be in a state of goodness through the

practice of the commandments. (61) ................................................................................................... 32 Th'.................................................................................................................................. 34 That he who has become a partaker of the Holy Spirit, being seized by His light and

power, is carried above all the passions, not being harmed by their approach. (65)............................................................... 34

I'. .................................................................................................................................. 36 That death touches with grief even the stronger ones. (67) ....................... 36 IA' ................................................................................................................................ 36

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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 ΤΡΙΤΟΣ (Γ') ΥΜΝΟΙ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ

ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ................................................................................................................. 1 Νικήτα μονάζοντος καί πρεσβυτέρου μονῆς τῶν Στουδίου τοῦ Στηθάτου εἰς

τήν βίβλον τῶν θείων ὕμνων τοῦ ὁσίου πατρός ἡμῶν Συμεών. (11) ........................ 5 Ο ΠΙΝΑΞ ΤΩΝ ΘΕΙΩΝ ΕΡΩΤΩΝ..................................................................................... 10 ΕΥΧΗ ΜΥΣΤΙΚΗ......................................................................................................... 15 Α'.................................................................................................................................. 16 Περί θείας ἐλλάμψεως καί φωτισμοῦ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου˙ καί ὅτι εἷς τόπος ὁ

Θεός, ἐν ᾧ μετά πότμον τήν ἀνάπαυσιν πάντες οἱ Ἅγιοι ἔχουσι˙ καί ὅτι ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκπίπτων ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ οὐχ ἕξει τήν ἀνάπαυσιν ἐν τῇ μελλούσῃ ζωῇ. (37) ........ 16

Β΄ .................................................................................................................................. 22 Τίς ἡ ἐπί τῷ πατρί τούτῳ γενομένη ἀλλοίωσις καί πῶς καθαρθείς εἰς ἄκρον

ἡνώθη Θεῷ καί οἷος ἐξ οἵου ἐγένετο, οἱ πρός Θεόν ἐρωτικοί αὐτοῦ λόγοι δηλοῦσιν ἐνταῦθα˙ ὅς καί θεολογῶν λέγει πρός τό τέλος περί ἀγγέλων. (45) ......................... 22

Γ'. ................................................................................................................................. 25 Τίς ὁ μοναχός καί καί τίς ἡ αὐτοῦ ἐργασία˙ καί εἰς οἷον ὕψος οὗτος ὁ θεῖος

πατήρ θεωρίας ἀνῆλθεν. ................................................................................................. 25 ∆'. ................................................................................................................................. 26 ∆ιδασκαλία εἰς μοναχούς ἄρτι ἀποταξαμένους κόσμῳ καί τοῖς ἐν κόσμῳ˙ καί

περί τοῦ, ὁποίαν τις ὀφείλει πίστιν ἔχειν πρός τόν ἴδιον πατέρα. (51) .................... 26 Ε'. ................................................................................................................................. 28 Ἀλφάβητος τοῦ αὐτοῦ κατά στοιχεῖον διπλοῦς προτρέπων καί ὁδηγῶν εἰς

τελειότητα βίου ἀναδραμεῖν τόν ἄρτι ἀπό τοῦ κόσμου ἀναχωρήσαντα. (55)......... 28 ΣΤ'................................................................................................................................ 30 Τετράστιχα τοῦ αὐτοῦ τόν πρός Θεόν αὐτοῦ ἐντεῦθεν δεικνύοντα ἔρωτα. (57)

............................................................................................................................................. 30 Ζ'. ................................................................................................................................. 30 Ἔντευξις τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς Θεόν˙ καί ὅπως Θεῷ συναπτόμενος καί δόξαν Θεοῦ

ὁρῶν ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἐνεργοῦσαν ἐξεπλήττετο. (59) ............................................................ 30 Η'.................................................................................................................................. 32 Τίσι Θεός ἐμφανίζεται καί τίνες ἐν ἕξει γίνονται τοῦ καλοῦ διά τῆς τῶν

ἐντολῶν ἐργασίας. (61) ................................................................................................... 32 Θ'.................................................................................................................................. 34 Ὅτι ὁ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος μέτοχος γεγονώς ὑπό τοῦ φωτός καί τῆς

δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ ἁρπαζόμενος ἐπάνω πάντων φέρεται τῶν παθῶν, μή βλαπτόμενος τῷ πλησιασμῷ ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν. (65)............................................................... 34

Ι'. .................................................................................................................................. 36 Ὅτι ὁ θάνατος τῇ λύπῃ καί τῶν στερροτέρων καθάπτεται. (67) ....................... 36 ΙΑ' ................................................................................................................................ 36