ΤΗΕ ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
Who was behind this hatred against orthodox tradition and monasticism?
We all should know that these actions were pre-designed and concerted by our implacable friends; concerted by those who hate Orthodoxy. The reason for their hatred is, because Orthodoxy produces personalities and not easily manageable humanoids.
We would say, the therapeutic method of Orthodoxy is its advantage; cannot be found anywhere else. This is Her power, the power of the Church. When we get cured applying the Orthodox healing method, we attract God’s Grace, and, by His Grace, we become what HE is! This Devine Grace is the ineffable beauty of Orthodoxy, which is being manifested wherever Her therapeutic tradition operates. The power of Orthodoxy is not to be found in our good-looking holy vestments, in our wonderful Church services (Vespers, Devine Liturgy etc.); these are only the external part.
What Orthodoxy actually does (and only She can do it) is the healing of our soul, the healing of the human nous! This is something nobody else can do, but Her. The therapeutic method was already totally revealed in the times of Christ and the Holy Apostles. It is the apostolic life, e.g. the way all first Christians were living during the first two centuries of Christianity. This healing method, the therapeutic tradition of our Church, was preserved (and, thank God, is still being preserved today) in the monasteries, and is called Hesychasm.
This is the reason why our European “friends”, successors of the Francs, together with their submissive Neo-Hellenes (Neo-Greeks), attacked monasticism and the hesychastic, the Orthodox therapeutic tradition. They still fight against them today!... especially against the monasteries, because, thank God, especially there, in these very monasteries is this prescribed orthodox therapeutic (hesychastic) method being still preserved.
f. Savvas Agioreitis
To be continued...
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