Monasticism: The All-Embracing Gift of the Holy Spirit. An Approach to the Monastic Legacy of Saint Sophrony spirituality and abbot of the Monastery

and abbot of the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist

Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky’s Orthodox Dogmatic Theology has long been regarded as a standard source of Orthodox theology

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Monasticism: The All-Embracing Gift of the Holy Spirit. An Approach to the Monastic Legacy of Saint Sophrony spirituality and abbot of the Monasteryby Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou of Essex Monasticism is a paradoxical phenomenon on earth. It is life outside the camp of this world. It reveals, in the present age, the life of the Kingdom to come and is governed by the Holy Spirit. It is the closest imitation of the path of Christfirst of His kenotic descent, even to the nethermost parts of the earth, and then of His glorious ascent above the heavens. By this path, the gifts of the Holy Spirit