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, Paperback
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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, Paperback |
| Pages | 243 |
| Publisher | Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Publication year | 2024 |
| ISBN | 978-4-915687-53-1 |
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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…
Emorfia Ryan (verified owner) –
Christ Himself said that man lives by the word of God. We are easily distracted by this world. It is the word of God that refreshes our spirit to run the race with endurance. Echoes Of The Spirit has been thoughtfully compiled to; remind us, inspire us, sustain us, and console us with the depth of God’s edifying words.
Erin Maria (verified owner) –
A beautiful overture of the panoramic gift and timeless grace God bestows upon the hearts of all who seek to know Him in this life. Thank you Fr. Zacharias and all who are with you!
Gaby (verified owner) –
A very good reading for the Nativity lent and a great addition to Fr Zacharia’s collection of lenten and festal homilies: “Alive from the Dead”, “Thirst for Life Eternal”, “At the Doors of Holy Lent” etc. This book is a wonderful walk through the way of the Lord in humility and prayerful silence from the Annunciation to the sending of the Holy Ghost the comforter. Thank you!
“Without the Holy Nativity, all the days of our life would drawn in the ‘waters of lethe’, in oblivion, and in the abyss of the infernal night. Yet Christ came and was born like ‚a star rising out of Jacob’ so as to lead us into the path of our own regeneration.” (page 60)
“Throughout Holy Scripture, both in the Old and New Testament, great and revelatory events were preceded by prayerful silence.” (page 131)
“In this world, the way of Christ is a sign, but a sign ‘that is spoken against’. In every event of His early life, the sign of His ineffable humility and His blameless love is revelead and prevails, but in a different form. At the beginning of His earthly sojourn, the sign of the poor and lowly manger was given to mankind; at the end, the sign of His Cross; and at the sending of His Holy Spirit, the sign of fiery tongues.” (page 226)