Echoes of the Spirit

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If the Holy Spirit does not reveal to man the wondrous, sweet, holy, and beloved form of Jesus, how can he cry out to Him for he ‘hath not yet seen Him neither known Him’? If the Holy Spirit does not come to dwell in the heart and gather there all man’s desire, how can he pray without ceasing? All the gifts of the Holy Spirit are to make us one Body with the Lord, and that Body is bound by a spirit and that spirit is
the Lord’s incorruptible love.

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Weight

0.453 kg

Dimensions

21.7 × 15.8 × 2.1 cm

Author

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou

Language

English

Book cover

Hardback Clothbound with Dust Jacket

Pages

243

Publisher

Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist

Edition

1st edition

Publication year

2024

ISBN

978-4-915687-53-1

At Pentecost, ‘The sign of fiery tongues is given for all.’ It is by signs that God has delivered His revelation of the truth to men. All the events in the life of Christ are ‘signs’ of God. He left us the example of His way from the vale of tears, the earth, and the dark pits of the deepest hell to the luminous glory of the Heaven of Heavens. This is the awesome mystery into which we are initiated through the great Feasts of the Nativity, Theophany, the Transfiguration, the Resurrection and the last great feast of Pentecost. By preparing for each Feast with humble thanksgiving, and undergoing an earthquake of repentance, we enter His living presence and hear the strange and paradoxical echoes of the Spirit in our heart. By the grace of the Feast, a little ‘door’ opens for us, and we become contemporaries of eternal events.

Prologue

Introduction: ‘Whence is this to me?’

Part I: The Holy Nativity

Christ, The Father of the World to Come
The Extreme Trial, The Time for the Lord to Act
Born of the Holy Spirit
Christ, The Threefold Gift
The Grace of Adoption

Part II: From Theophany to Pentecost

Theophany: ‘The Lord is upon many waters’
The Meeting of our Lord: ‘Adorn Thy bridal
chamber, O Zion, and welcome Christ the King’
Transfiguration: ‘Lord, Lift Thou up the Light of Thy Countenance upon us’
The Life-giving Cross: The Cross of Humility
Pentecost: The Gentle Breeze of the Spirit

Part III: Questions and Answers

Reflecting Heaven upon Earth
The Miracle of Christ’s Resurrection and
the Greater Miracle of His Descent for His Humble Love unto the End
The Mystery of Our Regeneration by the Spirit

Afterword: The Way of the Lord

Scriptural index

Weight	0.453 kg
Dimensions	21.7 × 15.8 × 2.1 cm
Author	Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
Language	English
Book cover	Hardback Clothbound with Dust Jacket
Pages	243
Publisher	Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist
Edition	1st edition
Publication year	2024
ISBN	978-4-915687-53-1

About the Author

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou

Father Zacharias studied theology at the Orthodox Theological Institute of Saint Sergius in Paris and at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has lived all his monastic life in the monastery of Saint John the Baptist in Essex where he serves as a spiritual Father and minister of the word of God to his brethren and the people that come to him. Read more…