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HYPOTHESIS 16:

That a monk should not bathe or strip completely naked unless compelled by necessity.

A. From the Life of St. Anthony

B. From the Narrative About the Holy Fathers Slain at Sinai and Rhaithou

C. From the Life of St. Ioannikios the Great

D. From St. Ephraim

E. From St. Isaiah

F. From St. Diadochos

G. From the Gerontikon

H. From St. Ephraim

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"On Humility and Love"

Homily delivered by Elder Ephraim as Abbot to the Brotherhood of H.M. Philotheou on December 5th, 1975.

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HYPOTHESIS 15:

How and when we should seek medical treatment and what kind of treatment; that the monk should not leave his monastery for bodily healing, but should persevere there even if he is ill, being content with the care provided by his brothers.

A. From the Gerontikon

B. From St. Diadochos

C. From St. Barsanouphios

D. From St. Ephraim

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This homily was given by Metr. Neophytos of Morphou on March 28, 2015, in the hall of the church of the Apostle Barnabas in Dasoupolis, Nicosia - Cyprus

"And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not to be set on a candlestick?" - Mark 4:21

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HYPOTHESIS 14:

That the ascetic struggler, even when he is physically ill, should have no desire whatsoever for pleasure or relax his discipline, or place any hope of a cure in medical treatment, but in God, by Whose dispensation illnesses also come to us.

A. From the Life of St. Pachomios

B. From the Life of St. Synkletike

C. From the Life of St. Luke of Hellas

D. From St. Maximos

E. From the Gerontikon

F. From St. Ephraim

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HYPOTHESIS 13:

That we must courageously resist listlessness and demonic dejection, and concerning patience.

A. From the Life of St. Synlketike

B. From Antiochos (author of the Pandects)

C. From Abba Isaiah the Anchorite

D. From St. Mark

E. From Abba Cassian

F. From St. Maximos

G. From the Gerontikon

H. From St. Ephraim

I. From St. Isaac

J. From the Gerontikon

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HYPOTHESIS 12:

That monastics and devout lay people who have received Divine knowledge are subjected to great chastisements even for minor sins.

A. From the Narrative of the Travels of St. John the Theologian

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HYPOTHESIS 11:

That for a faithful Christian it is hazardous to transgress even a single commandment, since he has received from God the ability to fulfill them all; and that a small evil is very harmful.

A. From the Life of St Pachomios

B. From the Gerontikon

C. From St. Isaiah

D. From Abba Mark

E. From St. Diadochos

F. From St. Maximos

G. From Abba Isaac

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HYPOTHESIS 10 :

That we should examine ourselves, so as to correct our mistakes and increase our good deeds.

A. From the Life of St. Synkletike

B. From the Gerontikon

C. From Abba Isaiah

D. From St. Ephraim

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HYPOTHESIS 9:

That we should always be attentive and guard ourselves on all sides, since the Enemy assails us from all sides and through every means.

A. From the Life of St. Synkletike

B. From the Gerontikon

C. From Palladios

D. From St. Maximos

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HYPOTHESIS 8:

That the conscience is a great gift of God to us and is very beneficial to him who listens to it.

A. From the Gerontikon

B. From St. Isaiah the Anchorite

C. From St. Mark

D. From St. Maximos

HYPOTHESIS 7:

That the believer should do what he does with a good, and not with a bad, conscience; for God judges the deeds of each man, not according to appearance, but according to the intention of the doer.

A. From St. Gregory the Dialogist

B. From St. Isaac

HYPOTHESIS 6:

That those who despise and deride unpretentious and self-abasing people sin very gravely.

A. From the Life of St. Gregory the Wonderworker

B. From St. Ephraim

HYPOTHESIS 5:

Concerning craftiness and guile, simplicity and guilelessness; whence they are engendered; what sort of harm and benefit we derive from them; and concerning envy.

A. From Abba Isaiah

B. From St. Maximos

C. From Abba Mark

D. From St. Ephraim

HYPOTHESIS 4:

That the Christian should take his every thought into captivity and offer it to Christ; for spiritual people, and certain lay people, draw positive lessons even from the most disgraceful circumstances.

A. From the Life of St. Pelagia

B. From the Gerontikon

C. From St. Ephraim

HYPOTHESIS 3:

That one should not cause scandal through deeds performed without a blessing; what the term "scandal" means; that one should not be scandalized; and that one should heal those who are scandalized.

A. From the Gerontikon

B. From St. Barsanouphios

C. From St. Ephraim

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HYPOTHESIS 2:

That one should not condemn or denigrate even one who sins openly, but should be attentive to himself and not busy himself with other people's affairs; for he who attends...

HYPOTHESIS 1:

That one should not condemn anyone on the basis of suspicions or, in general, give any credence to suspicions.

A. From the Life of St. John the Merciful

B. From Abba Isaiah

C. From St. Maximos

D. From the Gerontikon

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APPENDIX: The Benefit of Heterodox Writings According to the Holy Fathers

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CHAPTER 7: MONASTIC SCHEMA

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CHAPTER 6: GENERAL MONASTERY ISSUES - PART 2 of 2

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CHAPTER 6: GENERAL MONASTERY ISSUES - PART 1

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CHAPTER 5: MONASTIC BEHAVIOR, cont. (Sections 15-26 of 26)

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"The Christian Way of Life" - Homily 4 of The Art of Salvation

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CHAPTER 5: MONASTIC BEHAVIOR (8-14 of 26)

8. Behavior at Meals

9. Punctuality

10. Silence (Hesychia)

11. Mutual Respect

12. Communication

13. Nonviolent Communication (Components, Empathy, Apologies and Gratitude, Drawbacks and Limitations, NVC and Orthodoxy)

14. Helping Others

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THE SEVENTH BOOK: The manner of man one becomes who, once initiated, has zealously preserved the grace which comes from the Mysteries

THE SIXTH BOOK: How, when we have received grace from the Holy Mysteries, we are to preserve it

THE FIFTH BOOK: What the consecration of the holy altar accomplishes

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THE FOURTH BOOK: How Holy Communion contributes to our salvation

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THE THIRD BOOK: What the holy chrism contributes

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THE SECOND BOOK: What contribution Holy Baptism makes to the life in Christ

THE FIRST BOOK: How the life in Christ is constituted by means of the divine Mysteries of Baptism, Chrismation, and Holy Communion

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that they might declare My praise." - (Isaiah 44)

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"The Vision of an Anonymous Monk"

Homily delivered by Elder Ephraim as Abbot to the Brotherhood of H.M. Philotheou on January 8th, 1976.

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Orthodox Psychotherapy - The Science of the Fathers

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Chapter 5: Hesychia as a Method of Healing

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NIKA

"Obedience - the Basis of the Virtues"

Homily delivered on September 3rd, 1975 to the brotherhood of the Holy Monastery of Philotheou - Athos.

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