This feast is celebrated on 2 February. It is drawn from the Gospel of St Luke 2:22-38 (ESV): And when the time came for their purification according to the Law […]
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This feast is celebrated on 2 February. It is drawn from the Gospel of St Luke 2:22-38 (ESV): And when the time came for their purification according to the Law […]
Read moreThe second edition of Maronite meditations is now available on Youtube and Spotify (see the link below). As with the first podcast, I offer some preliminary thoughts, and then after about […]
Read moreMy first podcast is up on Spotify, Youtube, and Apple Podcasts. I have posted many of the ideas on this page, but the new thing is that I shall, each […]
Read moreIn previous posts we have seen that the goal of worship and prayer in general, but especially of contemplative worship and prayer, might be described as coming into the presence […]
Read moreŠubHō la.bō wal.brō wal.rou.Hō d.qoud.šō; men hō.šō wa3.da.mō l.3ō.lam 3ōl.meen Ameen Glory be to the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit from now, and unto the age of […]
Read moreThe Maronite concepts of the search for the presence of God, of salvation, and of contemplation, are grounded in the ancient Semitic concept of man, his creation by God, and […]
Read moreAs we saw in the post on St Gregory’s “Letter in Defence,” [https://www.fryuhanna.com/2024/12/21/st-gregory-palamas-defence/] one of the saints to whom Gregory appealed as an authority in support of his own position, […]
Read morePerhaps the one absolutely critical document for Hesychasm is “In Defence of those who Devoutly Practise a Life of Stillness,” found in vol. 4 of The Philokalia (Faber, 1995). It […]
Read moreContinuing from my post on St Mark the Ascetic’s “Letter to Nicolas the Solitary,” I shall turn to “A Selection from the Holy Fathers on Prayer and Attentiveness,” in volume […]
Read moreIn the first volume of The Philokalia is St Mark the Ascetic’s “Letter to Nicolas the Solitary.” It is only about 14 pages long, but it has extraordinary depth. To obtain […]
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