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Orthodox Spirituality: A Brief Introduction

By Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos Vlachos , Effie Mavromichali

Book information

Publisher
Birth of Theotokos Monastery
Year
1998
ISBN
9607070208, 9789607070203
LCC
BX382 .V53 1994
Google Books ID
Vy8MAQAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL9159420M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1472041 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
100\104
Topic
Religion\\Orthodoxy
DPI
400
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2023-09-01 18:11:40
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Description

The spiritual person is he who partakes of and participates in the energies of the Most Holy Spirit; he, who has himself become a dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. This does not constitute an abstract, emotional or intellectual spirituality. The bearer of Orthodox spirituality par excellence is the Saint who is revealed through his teachings and his relics. The non-spiritual individual, who is deprived of the Holy Spirit, is the psychological and carnal person. It is precisely the above distinction which points out the difference beiween Orthodox spirituality and other “spiritualities”. Orthodox spirituality differs markedly from the “spiritualities” of the East and the West. The difference in the dogma generates the difference in ethos as well. The essence of Orthodox spirituality lies in its therapeutic effects. It cures a person’s infirmities and renders him an integrated person.

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