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by Varsanufios
Wed 3 June 2009 10:31 am
Forum: Prayer Life
Topic: How to have good pray
Replies: 1
Views: 1560

How to have good pray

Can somebody pray n addition to larger groups of people who hinder prayer.

by Varsanufios
Mon 19 January 2009 7:46 pm
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Saint Ignatius (Brachaninov)and monstic life of his time
Replies: 2
Views: 3140

Saint Ignatius (Brachaninov)and monstic life of his time

Y have notice that Saint Ignatius was pesimistic about monastic life of his time.Can somebody compare that times with now.We have see that monasteries and monastic life still exsist.Y am thinking about TOC monasteries.Not monasteries of world orthodoxsy churces.And all of monks are living ascetic li...
by Varsanufios
Tue 30 December 2008 8:05 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Monks Robes
Replies: 26
Views: 19169

Re: Monks Robes

I don't want to talk too much about myself. But If I had it my way, I would like to be an anchorite. The ancient saints always appealed to me the most. Where are the pillar saints? God hasn't changed. There is something wrong with US. The monastery I was at was not monastic enough, and I was too im...
by Varsanufios
Mon 22 December 2008 7:42 pm
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Monks Robes
Replies: 26
Views: 19169

Re: Monks Robes

Naturaly,if person who are belever no metter does he have intention to go and become a monk in some monastery.Must try to dress himself humblyest as he can. Again clothess is refliction of spiritual life of christans(orthodox).But long hair and beard is sometimes refliction of tendentions to live li...
by Varsanufios
Sat 13 December 2008 9:14 pm
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Monks Robes
Replies: 26
Views: 19169

Re: Monks Robes

I am planning on becoming a monk, and I believe it would help prepair and strenghten me if I had a robe to wear. Also, I want to show my resistence to the way the world dresses. I was thinking of wearing either an Orthodox novice robe or a Catholic or other kind of Christian robe. Is something like...
by Varsanufios
Thu 11 December 2008 6:44 pm
Forum: Anathemas: Past and Current Heresies
Topic: Monophysites
Replies: 2
Views: 9200

Monophysites

What is the teaching of the Monophysite heresy? Can somebody tell me more about them?