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Book Synopsis Abba Isaac the Syrian - an Approach to His World by : Vasileios Archimandrite
Download or read book Abba Isaac the Syrian - an Approach to His World written by Vasileios Archimandrite and published by Alexander Press. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the spiritual and ascetical worldview of Saint Isaac the Syrian, one of Orthodox Christianity's most loved ascetic writers, by Archimandrite Vasileos, former abbot of Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos.
Book Synopsis Abba Isaac the Syrian by : Archimandrite Vasileios (of Stavronikita)
Download or read book Abba Isaac the Syrian written by Archimandrite Vasileios (of Stavronikita) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian by : Isaac
Download or read book The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian written by Isaac and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Isaac of Nineveh's Ascetical Eschatology by : Jason Scully
Download or read book Isaac of Nineveh's Ascetical Eschatology written by Jason Scully and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac of Nineveh's Ascetical Eschatology demonstrates that Isaac's eschatology is an original synthesis based on ideas garnered from a distinctively Syriac cultural milieu. Jason Scully investigates six sources relevant to the study of Isaac's Syriac source material and cultural heritage. These include ideas adapted from Syriac authors like Ephrem, John the Solitary, and Narsai, but also adapted from the Syriac versions of texts originally written in Greek, like Evagrius's Gnostic Chapters, Pseudo-Dionysius's Mystical Theology, and the Pseudo-Macarian homilies. Isaac's eschatological synthesis of this material is a sophisticated discourse on the psychological transformation that occurs when the mind has an experience of God. It begins with the premise that asceticism was part of God's original plan for creation. Isaac says that God created human beings with infantile knowledge and that God intended from the beginning for Adam and Eve to leave the Garden of Eden. Once outside the garden, human beings would have to pursue mature knowledge through bodily asceticism. Although perfect knowledge is promised in the future world, Isaac also believes that human beings can experience a proleptic taste of this future perfection. Isaac employs the concepts of wonder and astonishment in order to explain how an ecstatic experience of the future world is possible within the material structures of this world. According to Isaac, astonishment describes the moment when a person arrives at the threshold of eschatological perfection but is still unable to comprehend the heavenly mysteries, while wonder describes spiritual comprehension of heavenly knowledge through the intervention of divine grace.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition by : Graham Speake
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition written by Graham Speake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 1941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hellenism is the living culture of the Greek-speaking peoples and has a continuing history of more than 3,500 years. The Encyclopedia of Greece and the HellenicTradition contains approximately 900 entries devoted to people, places, periods, events, and themes, examining every aspect of that culture from the Bronze Age to the present day. The focus throughout is on the Greeks themselves, and the continuities within their own cultural tradition. Language and religion are perhaps the most obvious vehicles of continuity; but there have been many others--law, taxation, gardens, music, magic, education, shipping, and countless other elements have all played their part in maintaining this unique culture. Today, Greek arts have blossomed again; Greece has taken its place in the European Union; Greeks control a substantial proportion of the world's merchant marine; and Greek communities in the United States, Australia, and South Africa have carried the Hellenic tradition throughout the world. This is the first reference work to embrace all aspects of that tradition in every period of its existence.
Download or read book Sophie's World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Book Synopsis Baxter's Explore the Book by : J. Sidlow Baxter
Download or read book Baxter's Explore the Book written by J. Sidlow Baxter and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 1846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Book is not a commentary with verse-by-verse annotations. Neither is it just a series of analyses and outlines. Rather, it is a complete Bible survey course. No one can finish this series of studies and remain unchanged. The reader will receive lifelong benefit and be enriched by these practical and understandable studies. Exposition, commentary, and practical application of the meaning and message of the Bible will be found throughout this giant volume. Bible students without any background in Bible study will find this book of immense help as will those who have spent much time studying the Scriptures, including pastors and teachers. Explore the Book is the result and culmination of a lifetime of dedicated Bible study and exposition on the part of Dr. Baxter. It shows throughout a deep awareness and appreciation of the grand themes of the gospel, as found from the opening book of the Bible through Revelation.
Book Synopsis Collection of Patristic Centurions by : Abba Dorotheos
Download or read book Collection of Patristic Centurions written by Abba Dorotheos and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of Patristic Centurions. 5 Venerable Abba Dorotheos and John Climacus. 7 A Hundred (sayings) about the Path of Ascent to spiritual Perfection. 7 Venerable John Climacus. 15 A Hundred (Sayings) about Virtues. 15 Venerable Macarius of Egypt 24 The First centurion is about the Development of Sin and the Fight against it with the Forces of the three-part Soul 24 The Second Hundred (sayings) on the Cleansing of the inner Man in Prayer, Repentance and the Labors of an active Life. 35 The Third Hundred (sayings) on Virtues and the Vocation to Sonhood. 44 Rev. Fathers Barsanuphius the Great and John. 53 A Hundred (sayings) 53 Venerable Abba Isaiah the Hermit 62 A Hundred (sayings) about the Purification and Resurrection of the Soul 62 Holy father Abba Isaac the Syrian, ascetic and hermit, former bishop of Nineveh. 72 First Hundred (sayings) 72 Second Hundred (sayings) 81 Venerable Anthony the Great 93 A Hundred (sayings) 93 Venerable Simeon the New Theologian. 104 First Hundred (sayings) 104 Second Hundred (sayings) 117 Venerable John Cassian the Roman. 134 The Hundred (sayings) about earthly Paths to heavenly Joy. 134 Theological Hundreds (sayings) of Saints Gregory the Theologian, Gregory of Sinai and Gregory Palamas. 148 First Hundred (sayings) 148 Second Hundred (sayings) 160 Saint Basil the Great 173 First Hundred (sayings) 173 Second Hundred (sayings) 185 Saint John Chrysostom.. 198 First Hundred (sayings) 198 Second Hundred (sayings) 209 Third Hundred (sayings) 222 Fourth Hundred (sayings) 233 Fifth Hundred (sayings) 244 Sixth Hundred (sayings) 257 Seventh Hundred (sayings) 271
Book Synopsis Collection of Patristic Centuries by : Rev. Abba Dorotheus
Download or read book Collection of Patristic Centuries written by Rev. Abba Dorotheus and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Content “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Rev. Abba Dorotheus and John Climacus Century on the path to spiritual excellence Rev. John Climacus Century on virtues Rev. Macarius of Egypt, the first hundred is about the development of sin and the struggle against it with the forces of the three-part soul The second hundred is about cleansing the inner man in prayer, repentance and the labors of active life The third hundred is of the virtues and of the vocation to synopolozheniyu Reverend fathers Barsonofy the Great and John HundredAbba Isaiah Hermit Hundred - the cleansing of the soul and the resurrection our father Abba Isaac the Syrian ascetic and hermit, the former bishop of Nineveh First hundred Second hundred St. Anthony the Great Hundred St. Symeon the New Theologian first hundred Second hundred St. John Cassian Hundred on earth the path of a celestial joy Theological hundreds St. Gregory the Theologian, Gregory of Sinai and Gregory Palamas First hundred Second hundred St. Basil the Great First hundred Second hundred St. John Chrysostom First hundred Second hundred Third hundred Fourth hundred Fifth hundred Sixth hundred Seventh hundred Troparia to St. John Chrysostom, T 8 Thy mouth, as the serenity of fire has risen, grace / the universe enlighten: / not loving the worlds treasures of the grace, / the height of the humble wisdom of showing us. / But by punishing your words, Father John Chrysostom, // pray the Word, Christ of God, be saved to our souls. Kondak first, T 1 The mysteriously honest Church was rejoiced / by returning your honest relics, / and hiding it, it’s like a gold of great value, / by singing thee mercifully / by your prayers of healing, grace, // John Chrysostom. Kondak second, T 6 Accept from heaven heaven Divine grace / and with your mouth all teach to worship in the Trinity the One God, / John Chrysostom, blessed most reverend, / we praise thee worthily: / if you are a mentor, // as if you are Divine. Prayer to St. John Chrysostom Oh St. John the Great John Chrysostom! Yes, you have received many and various gifts from the Lord, and, like a good and faithful slave, all that was given to you have been increased by good, therefore, for the sake of the truth, the universal teacher was thou, as every age and every rank is taught from you. You are a young man - obedience to the image, young - chastity shone, a husband - a hardworking mentor, an old - a kindness teacher, a monk - abstinence as a rule, a prayer - a leader, inspired by God, seeking wisdom - an enlightener to the mind, a good-minded vitality - a living source an inexhaustible, beneficent - a star of mercy, the rulers - the reign of a wise image, the truth zealot - boldness inspirer, persecuted truth - patience mentor, all were thou, but all kind of save. Above all these things, you have acquired love, if there is a union of perfection, and by that, as by the power of the Divine, all your talents in one face in one you united, and now love divided by reconciling, in the interpretation of the words of the apostles to all the faithful preached you. We, sinners, on a one-time basis, our gift of property, unity of spirit in the union of the world is not an imam, we are vanity, annoying each other, envious of each other, for this purpose our divided not in peace and salvation, but in enmity and condemnation are to us. The same to you, the saint of God, we fall, we conquer with contention, and ask in heartbreak: with your prayers, oust from our hearts all pride and envy, dividing us, but in many people we will have one church body, but according to your prayerful words we will love one another and confess with unanimity the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the One-Essential and the Undivided, now and forever and ever. Amen. Troparion to three saints (Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom), T 4 Like the apostles of unity of mind / and the universal teaching, / Pray for the Lord of all / the world for the most universal gift / and great mercy to our souls. Kondak to three saints, T 2 Sacred and divine preachers, / the top of the teachers, O Lord, / have received Him for the enjoyment of Your goodness and repose: you have taken labor and death more than any all-fertility, // Glorify Your holy One.
Book Synopsis The Spiritual World Of Isaac The Syrian by : Hilarion Alfeyev
Download or read book The Spiritual World Of Isaac The Syrian written by Hilarion Alfeyev and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Foreword by Kallistos Ware, Bishop of Diokleia— Isaac the Syrian, also called Isaac of Nineveh, lived and wrote during "the golden age of Syriac Christian literature" in the seventh century. Cut off by language and politics from the Churches of the Roman Empire and branded "Nestorian," the Church of the East produced in isolation a rich theological literature which is only now becoming known to outsiders. Yet over the centuries and in all parts of Christendom, Isaac's works have been read and recommended as unquestionably orthodox. Now, at last, to my great delight, we have at our disposal a single book in English, offering us a balanced and comprehensive overview of Isaac's life, background and teaching. Wisely, Fr. Hilarion Alfeyev has allowed Isaac to speak for himself. The book is full of well-chosen quotations, in which Isaac's true voice can be heard. Saint Isaac of Syria was an ascetic, a mountain solitary, but his writings are universal in scope. They are addressed not just to the desert but to the city, not just to monastics but to all the baptized. With sharp vividness he speaks about themes relevant to every Christian: about repentance and humility, about prayer in its many forms, both outer and inner, about solitude and community, about silence, wonder, and ecstasy. Along with the emphasis that he places upon "luminous love"—to use his own phrase—two things above all mark his spiritual theology: his sense of God as living mystery; and his warm devotion to the Saviour Christ.
Book Synopsis Hymn of Entry by : Archimandrite Vasileios (of Stavronikita)
Download or read book Hymn of Entry written by Archimandrite Vasileios (of Stavronikita) and published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Theology, as seen by Archimandrite Vasileios, is by its very essence liturgical; it is not a philosophy or a system but the expression of the Church's mystical life. "The first Christians lived their theology totally and with the whole of their bodies, just as they are baptized with the whole of their body and soul into the new life ... Thus their liturgical gatherings were an initiation into the mystery of theology ... The mystery of theology was celebrated in their lives, and they attained to the knowledge which is eternal life.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis The Heart of Compassion by : Isaac (Bishop of Nineveh)
Download or read book The Heart of Compassion written by Isaac (Bishop of Nineveh) and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parole de l'Orient written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Centurions (Sayings by the Hundred). The Beginnings of the Knowledge of Things Divine and Human by :
Download or read book Centurions (Sayings by the Hundred). The Beginnings of the Knowledge of Things Divine and Human written by and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html
Book Synopsis The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian by : Ilarion (Metropolitan of Volokolamsk)
Download or read book The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian written by Ilarion (Metropolitan of Volokolamsk) and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac the Syrian, also called Isaac of Nineveh, lived and wrote during "the golden age of Syriac Christian literature" in the seventh century. Cut off by language and politics from the Churches of the Roman Empire and branded "Nestorian," the Church of the East produced in isolation a rich theological literature which is only now becoming known to outsiders. Yet over the centuries and in all parts of Christendom, Isaac's works have been read and recommended as unquestionably orthodox. Now, at last, to my great delight, we have at our disposal a single book in English, offering us a balanced and comprehensive overview of Isaac's life, background and teaching. Wisely, Fr. Hilarion Alfeyev has allowed Isaac to speak for himself. The book is full of well-chosen quotations, in which Isaac's true voice can be heard. Saint Isaac of Syria was an ascetic, a mountain solitary, but his writings are universal in scope. They are addressed not just to the desert but to the city, not just to monastics but to all the baptized. With sharp vividness he speaks about themes relevant to every Christian: about repentance and humility, about prayer in its many forms, both outer and inner, about solitude and community, about silence, wonder, and ecstasy. Along with the emphasis that he places upon "luminous love"--To use his own phrase--two things above all mark his spiritual theology: his sense of God as living mystery; and his warm devotion to the Saviour Christ.
Book Synopsis Life After Death Part III – Mystery of Death by : Nikolaos Vasiliadis
Download or read book Life After Death Part III – Mystery of Death written by Nikolaos Vasiliadis and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Table of Contents "The hard-hitting Extortionist of the Human Race" 6 / Question that Amaze Man 6 / Inborn Fear of Death 8 / The Greatest Mystery of the Wisdom of God 10 / Secular Philosophy about Death 15 / The unholy Humiliation of Man 15 / Mythological and Naive Representations 17 / Tombstones of the Ancient Greeks 19 / "Soul-rending Sadness" and "Concern for Death" 21 / Ambiguities and Contradictions 24 / Sorrow and Despondency 26 / Doubt and Limitation 30 / Death Invades the World 37 / Blissful Life of the Primordial 37 / Death is Connected to the Problem of our Freedom 40 / First Rebellion on Earth 42 / Death Sentence 'Confirmed on the same Day' 46 / Spiritual Death 49 / The Natural Consequence of our Crime is Bodily Death. 51 / Universal Phenomenon 55 / Just Us and No one else! 58 / “What a Feat Lies Ahead for the Soul!” 62 / Separation of Soul and Body 64 / Punishment Becomes a Boon 74 / So that We May Not Sin Forever 74 / Death Subdues our Vanity 76 / The Destruction of the Body is a Blessing 78 / Incitement to Sound Wisdom 80 / The Field of Martyrdom Opens up to us 82 / God Gives Hope 84 / God's Love for Mankind Transforms us "For the Better" 87 / The Incarnation of God the Word is the Beginning of the Abolition of Death 92 / “since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead” 92 / The Perfect Sinlessness of the Lord 96 / The Lord Opened up the Way to Heaven for us 98 / The Lord Destroys Death 100 / Omens of the Resurrection 103 / Crucifixion is the Abolition of Death 109 / Christ Died for All 109 / He Gives Life to People and Creation 113 / He is Crucified where Death Reigned 116 / "From Death we have Become Immortal" 118 / The Lord's Descent into Hell 124 / Victory Extends to Hell 124 / The Descent of Christ into Hell 126 “Give the Body, and Reproach God” 131 / Went down to Hell like a Winner 134 / "Bridge to New Life" 137 / [He] Made Hell into Heaven! 139 / Sunday - Ascension – Pentecost 146 / The Victory has been Approved 146 / Perfect and Shining in Eternity 148 / Direct and Visible Results 151 / "God and People United in one Race" 155 / [He] Gave us the Grace of the Holy Spirit 158 / Death Before and After Christ 163 / Death was Terrible before Christ 163 / Death Was "Intolerable and Worthy of Much Lamentation" 165 / Now it "only Bears the Name of Death" 166 / Only the Devil has "Remained Truly Dead"! 168 / Ignorance of the Hour of Death is a Boon! 173 / The Hour of Death is Unknown 173 / Why is the Hour of Death Hidden from us? 175 / Fear of Death 181 / Who is Afraid of Death?. 181 How to Overcome the Fear of Death? 185 / Death is the Door to Eternity 185 / "Cry but Be Quiet" 186 / Godly Behavior Concerning Death 188 / A Christian Thinks Creatively about Death 195 / "Calm down, Take a Look and See" 195 / "Where is the Self-satisfied Man?" 197 / "Look and Cry" 199 / May we Accept it as a Fruit of "Complacency and Constant Joy" 201 / Memory is Mortal 205 / Let's Remember Death 205 / Sin No More 207 / Strengthening Power 210 / The Memory of Death Combines Many Virtues 212 / What do the Tombs Teach us? 216 / "Let's go to the Coffins" 216 / Tombs of the Martyrs 218 / “Pray Often at the Graves” 219 / Death of Martyrs 222 / And death can be Better than Life 222 / "Root, Source and Mother of all Blessings" 224 / How do the Holy Fathers Comfort us? 227 / Death of our Loved Ones 227 / About Grief for a Spouse 229 / "Shall I Not Mourn my Son?" 234 / "Have you Lost your Son? Give Thanks to God" 238 / Blessed is the Death of Babies 241 / Which Death is Good and Which is Bad 249 / Is a Cruel and Unjust Death Bad? 249 / Death of Sinners 250 / Death of the Righteous 254 / Burial Rites (following) 259 / The Most Sorrowful Following of Our Church 259 / "Immaculate" 261 / Troparion according to the Immaculate 263 Tears, Sobs, Doubts, Hopes 265 / Beatitudes and New Testament Readings 268 / Farewell and Last Kissing 272 / “You Gaping Earth, Receive what has been created of You” 276 / Trial of Souls in Ordeals 280 / The Silent Beginning of the Future Life 280 / The Dying [ones] see the "Angelic Powers" 282 / Both Sinful and Righteous Souls are Tested at Ordeals 284 / Uncertain State of Souls 292 / The Soul Exists and Acts Without a Body 292 / Where do Souls Live after Death? 294 / Temporary Awaiting State 297 / How do Souls Live There? 300 / The Departed Know and Pray for us 302 / God Reveals Our Needs to the Righteous 306 / Sacred Commemoration of the Dead 311 / Prayers for the Dead 311 / Memorial Services 313 / Parental Saturdays and Kutya 315 / Are Commemorations of the Dead Beneficial? 317 / Good Deeds in Memory of the Dead 323 / Resurrection of the Dead 329 / The Idea of "Reincarnation" is Meaningless and Naïve 329 / Does Purgatory Exist? 331 / "I Await the Resurrection of the Dead" 333 / The Resurrection of Bodies Requires God's Justice 338 / We Should Rejoice when the Body is Destroyed 340 / [ι] Resurrection of Dead Bodies 342 / What will the Body be like when it is resurrected? 353 / With New Properties: Imperishable, Radiant, Eternal 353 / General Judgment 364 / There Will be Judgment 364 / Who Shall be the Judge? 369 / All Nations will Gather 371 / How will the Judgment Take Place? 376 / Immortal Death 383 / Does Hell Exist? 383 / What are the Punishments of Hell? 388 / Why is Hell Eternal? 393 / Eternal Paradise 409 / Future Kingdom 409 / Unspeakable and Incomprehensible Beauty 411 / The Deification of Man. 413 Bliss of the Righteous 416 / Endless Joy of Paradise 420 / The Longed Life of the Righteous 422 / Joyful Meeting 425 / The Happiness of the Righteous will be Endless 428 / The End of the World 436 / Behold, I Make All Things New (Rev. 21:5) 436 / About the Author 445 / List of abbreviations 445 Get into the timing. Wait for the One who is above time Timeless (achronos), invisible (aoratos), But for us made visible (oratos); Intangible (apselaphetos), of the impassive (apathes), But for us who have suffered (pathetos)
Book Synopsis 91 Steps / Homilies by : Rev. Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh
Download or read book 91 Steps / Homilies written by Rev. Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Dear reader, before you is the famous book of words /homilies/ of the “great teacher of the inner life” – Rev. Isaac the Syrian, translated by the holy elder Paisius Velichkovsky, edited and with notes by the Rev. Macarius of Optina. This publication was a testament to the revival of the spirit of true monasticism and spiritual life in Russia in the middle of the 19th century. The beginning of this revival is inextricably linked with the activities of the Rev. Paisius Velichkovsky, who acquired the spirit of ancient monasticism in the patristic writings and on Athos and transmitted it through his disciples to the pious Russian people. The spiritual exploit of Rev. Paisius consisted in the translation from the Greek language of the “active” creations of the Holy Fathers and in the embodiment of the ancient ascetic teachings in his life and his disciples. Troparion to the Monk Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh, Tone 1 A good priest in the city, / you also settled in the deserts, and flourished, Oh Isaac, / you proved the head of monastics / and the teacher of ascetics, / for this, those who are celebrating worthily your memory, we all call out: / glory to Christ Who glorified you, / glory to Him Who sanctified you, / / glory to Him Who gave us thee, Oh skillful prelate. Kontakion to Rev. Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh, Tone 8 Like a God-bearing and reverend hierarch, / we praise thee as founder of the desert, / Oh Isaac appeared to us priestly. / But as one who has boldness in the Lord, / pray for all who honor thee and cry out to thee: // Rejoice, Oh God-wise Father of ours.
