Section 1: "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life..." (Romans 6:23)

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HYPOSTHESIS 19:

That the righteous are often permitted to die a violent death for some beneficial purpose.

A. From St. Gregory the Dialogist

B. From the Life of St. Stephen the New

C. From the Gerontikon

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Chapter 1: THE MYSTERY OF PAIN

Section 4: Spiritual Pain

a) The Cheerful Grief

b) The Confession of Spiritual Pain (Penance)

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Chapter 1: THE MYSTERY OF PAIN

Section 3: Psychic Pain (Pain of the Soul or Mental Pain)

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THE PAIN: An Orthodox Scriptural and Patristic Approach

Chapter 1: THE MYSTERY OF PAIN

Section 2: Physical (Bodily) Pain

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THE PAIN: An Orthodox Scriptural and Patristic Approach

Chapter 1: THE MYSTERY OF PAIN

Section 1: The Cause and Origin of Pain

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Pages 119-151 from THE HOMILIES OF METROPOLITAN NEOPHYTOS OF MORPHOU - Volume 1 : Words of Empirical Theology from our Holy Fathers Porphyrios, Paisios, and Iakovos

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Concerning patience amid illnesses and the benefit to be derived therefrom, and that God brings providential chastisements upon certain virtuous persons for their perfect purification

A. From St. Gregory the Dialogist

B. From St. Diadochos

C. From the Life of St. Synkletike

D. From the Life of St. Luke

E. From Abba Isaiah

F. From St. Barsanouphios

G. From the Gerontikon

H. From St. Ephraim

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That there is nothing undetermined by God; all that happens, even sudden death, has been ordained by Divine Providence.

A. From St. Gregory the Dialogist

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

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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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