Christ did not triumph by imposing His will, but by the attraction of His Cross: ‘And I, if I be lifted up from the earth [upon the Cross], will draw all men unto me.’ Those who are ‘defeated’ by this attraction of the Cross become His friends, His fellows, that is, His co-workers and joint-heirs with Him. In the world, a conqueror crushes the defeated. But when we are defeated by God in our struggle for repentance – whether through our own failings or when God shows us our poverty – we are conquered by the attraction of His Cross. We rejoice in this defeat, for it comes from the Lord of heaven and earth, inspiring us to amend our life.
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Prologue
Our Approach to God in Knowledge of His Evident and Undeniable Truth
Universality and Unity of All in the Person of Christ
When Heaven Opens to the Cry of the Man of Repentance, its Light Illumines Everything Temporal
The Wondrous Knowledge of God Surpasses All Mind and Understanding
The Apophatic and Cataphatic Dimensions of Spiritual Life
Desire for God, the Portrait of the Christian
Participation in the Mystery of the Cross in Holy Lent
Man’s Resemblance to God
The Multiplication of the Five Loaves
The Ten Lepers
The Samaritan Woman
The Sowing of God and the Sowing of Man
Impressions from our Life with Saint Sophrony
Surrendering to the Perfect Will of God
Wavering Between the Psychological and the Ontological Levels of Life
The Uncreated Grace of God as the Bridge Between the Uncreated God and His Reasonable Creature
Silouan’s Great Science
Pastoral Ministry through the Divine Liturgy
Love for Neighbour as a Spiritual Gift
A Few Words on the Most Holy Mother of God
Miscellaneous
Index of Scriptural References
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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 translated all the writings of Saint Silouan and Father Sophrony from the original Russian into Greek and he presents their rich theology to the Orthodox world by writing books and articles and taking part in conferences. Moreover, 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…
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