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The monk who voluntarily makes himself like the dust of the earth, humbling himself to the end before God and before his brethren, receives Christ’s universal enlargement and becomes a true image of Christ with a hypostatic mode of existence. He becomes both a friend and a target of God, as he brings all creation before Him in intercession. Monasticism witnesses to the empirical truth of the divine law of humility, implied by the inverted pyramid. It testifies to the way which leads man to the bottom of hell without destroying him, but raising him instead to the heights of indestructible life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, 316 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-1-915687-00-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51193203556519,"sku":null,"price":52.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/0483\/7287\/files\/archimandrite-zacharias-the-otherness-of-love-book-cover.jpg?v=1786628498"},{"product_id":"the-enlargement-of-the-heart-archimandrite-zacharias-zacharou-copy","title":"The Enlargement of the Heart - Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the history of monasticism, the following phenomenon has been observed: whenever the word of God was born in the heart of a holy monk, by which God proclaimed to men the deep judgments of His will, generations of monks from the same monastery would repeat the word, interpret and explain his teaching. In this way, they served the word of their  Fathers, edified the Body of the Church, and wrought their personal salvation. Our holy Fathers Silouan and Sophrony form a unique phenomenon, a spiritual event, although they had nothing in common, according to the social and cultural standards of the world. Saint Sophrony compared his own work to that of a postman delivering the word of his own Father Silouan, but he himself also partook of the wondrous experience of the birth of man into eternal life through the vision of the ‘Countenance’ and the hearing of the ‘voice’ of Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover - 335 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-1-874679-90-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51193282363559,"sku":null,"price":42.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/0483\/7287\/files\/the-enlargement-of-the-heart-book-cover.jpg?v=1786629144"},{"product_id":"hesychasm-archimandrite-zacharias-zacharou","title":"Hesychasm - Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHesychasm is the quintessence of the unbroken tradition ‘in the Holy Spirit’ of the Orthodox Church. It means the presentation of man before God, with his mind in his heart, invoking the all-holy Name of the Lord Jesus. It constitutes the means by which fallen man regains the primordial breath and glory of the eternal Spirit that he received in Paradise when he was created in the image and likeness of God. Therefore, the supra-cosmic purpose of hesychastic asceticism is to heal and unify man’s fragmented existence and to make him fit for the fulfilment of the two great commandments of perfect love for God and love for one’s neighbour as for oneself. Hesychasm is particularly relevant and necessary in our time because it is the only way to avoid the ‘sin which doth so easily beset us’ (Heb. 12:1) and to abide in the life-giving and sanctifying Presence of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback, 478 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-1-909649-92-7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51193314672807,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/0483\/7287\/files\/hesychasm-bedewing-furnace-heart-book-stavropegic-monastery.jpg?v=1786629390"},{"product_id":"man-the-target-of-god-archimandrite-zacharias-zacharou","title":"Man: The Target of God - Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe hypostatic principle is central to the theology of Saint Sophrony. 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Man must know how to face it profitably. Saint Sophrony distinguishes between morbid and charismatic despair. The former destroys man, while the latter can become the spark for the wondrous leap into the sphere of eternity. Successive trials and visitations of divine grace strengthen the Christian athlete so that he can stand firm not on the edge of a single abyss, but two: the abyss of God’s mercy and the abyss of his own corruption and misery. And then ‘deep calleth unto deep’ (Ps. 42:7). On the one hand, through repentance, and on the other, through thanksgiving, he is initiated into the universality of Christ. Then he begins to thank the Lord for all His gifts, both to him and to the entire universe, and above all, to the Saints, ‘most especially’ to His Most Pure Mother. At the same time, he ‘contends’ with Him, not for selfish reasons but for the salvation of the world. This struggle is dispassionate. 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It is the true temple where man can meet God and unite with Him. This is why the heart requires ‘a noetic and divine sensation’. However, man is now fallen, his mind scattered throughout all creation, and his heart in a state of lethargy. His tragedy lies in the fact that he lives, speaks, thinks, and even prays outside his own heart. To be healed, the heart must be awakened, the mind must return to its place, and unite with the heart. The heart must become a ‘tight knot’ that encompasses the entire being of man so that he may turn as one entity toward God and fulfil, as much as possible, the perfection of the two great commandments of love. Then he is ‘precious’ before God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup id=\"mfn-content-000000000000170c0000000000000000_2022-5\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote modern-footnotes-footnote--hover-on-desktop\"\u003e\u003ca role=\"button\"\u003e2\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and becomes a wondrous likeness of Him. 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