Good afternoon and Happy Father's Day everyone!
The Antiochian crisis over auxiliary bishops appears to be over, with a favorable ruling from the Holy Synod stating that the Episcopate is one, and that a Bishop is a Bishop, period. There is no such thing as an "auxiliary bishop."
At first glance, it appears that the decision is a bit of a split decision. No, there is no such thing as an "assistant bishop," but the existing bishops were still said to be those who assist the Metropolitan in the administration of the Archdiocese.
At any rate, during the crisis, one of the silliest edicts that came down was a prohibition of public prayers at the Divine Liturgy for any bishop but the Metropolitan and the Patriarch, unless the "auxiliary bishop" was present in the parish at the time.
Of course, most of the Priests thumbed their noses at this unwise and unnecessary edict. I say, rightly so. All of our bishops need prayer all the time.
I learned from observing this to respect the office of bishop, but not necessarily every lame-brained decision coming down from the individuals who hold the office.
I've also come to the conclusion that it's time to move forward with the dream of finding new convert families in the Parker area in the hopes that an eventual Western Rite mission can be established.
The benefits of establishing new parishes are increased revenues for the new retreat center and for Lancelot Andrewes Press, and a much greater readership for our materials. Other benefits are obvious: Increased conversions, vital parishes, and the blessings of obeying the Great Commission.
A local priest responded to a question I offered about an exception to the 60-mile rule in the following manner:
Benedictions,
I cannot do anything about the 60 mile rule. I can, once some of the
dust settles on the Diocesan bishops crisis, offer an opinion under
the best circumstances and get a response, maybe, from Bp Basil and
that, so far as I am concerned would be the road map. However, a
'mission station' would still need layers of approval further up the
hierarchy at some time. My sense is the whole scheme would float on my
reputation and personal contact with Metropolitan Philip and
Chancellor Kevorkian and Bp Basil. So far all that is working pretty
well.
A Road Map is designed to be followed to a destination.
I took the following from this response:
Maintain a good relationship with the established priests in our area at all times. Be obedient to their leadership and guidance.
Go ahead with dreaming and planning for an eventual mission. Start the work.
Don't do anything that might embarrass our local priests or harm their reputations.
Once enough people and resources are garnered, put the ball in the court of our local priests and let them carry that ball to the Bishop, the Vicar General, and on to the Metropolitan.
We live and serve in a heirarchical church, and acquiring permissions is just part of things with us. As long as everything is done decently and in good order, God can open doors no man can shut.
So if we build it correctly and bathe the endeavor in prayer, perhaps the approval will come.
In other words, do the work and then cross the bridge of gaining the proper approvals when we come to it.
Worst case-scenario: Generate interest and conversions to Holy Orthodoxy and if no approval comes, pack out Saint Marks.
But I believe God can move mountains, and there is no harm in trying to brush back the "60 mile rule."
Pax Christi,
Columba Silouan
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Recent Troubles in the Antiochian Archdiocese
In my opinion, the issue of the American Bishops being reduced to Auxiliary Status came at a really bad time. The Archdiocese is growing and new Western Rite Parishes are joining from the Charismatic Episcopal Church, an organization I spent a year in myself.
In addition to the new parishes joining en-masse, here in Colorado we've seen the publishing of a new Book of Common Prayer, and the continuing progress of the new retreat center in Southern Colorado.
Why now, when enthusiasm is building and exciting things are happening did this unwelcome interruption occur?
I think first and foremost, this controversy is a spiritual attack from the enemy of our souls. My hope is that, as often is the case, the devil will overreach and Christ and His Church will emerge stronger and better for these travails.
I have prayerful hopes that the trip of the American Bishops to Damascus to meet with Patriarch Ignatius will bear good fruit.
Pax Christ,
Columba Silouan
In addition to the new parishes joining en-masse, here in Colorado we've seen the publishing of a new Book of Common Prayer, and the continuing progress of the new retreat center in Southern Colorado.
Why now, when enthusiasm is building and exciting things are happening did this unwelcome interruption occur?
I think first and foremost, this controversy is a spiritual attack from the enemy of our souls. My hope is that, as often is the case, the devil will overreach and Christ and His Church will emerge stronger and better for these travails.
I have prayerful hopes that the trip of the American Bishops to Damascus to meet with Patriarch Ignatius will bear good fruit.
Pax Christ,
Columba Silouan
Free at Last! My New I-Mac and Me
At long last, I have a new and powerful tool at my disposal. After following the Dave Ramsey plan, my wife and I saved up enough emergency fund and living expenses money to allow for the purchase of a new computer.
My old PC, complete with Windows 98 finally got to the point where my virus protection would no longer update because the operating system was too old and not supported.
This new machine will allow for better and faster blogging and many other things. It's a powerful tool that I would like to use to promote Eastern Orthodoxy.
Now, if I could just think up a name for my new machine.
Blessings,
Columba Silouan
My old PC, complete with Windows 98 finally got to the point where my virus protection would no longer update because the operating system was too old and not supported.
This new machine will allow for better and faster blogging and many other things. It's a powerful tool that I would like to use to promote Eastern Orthodoxy.
Now, if I could just think up a name for my new machine.
Blessings,
Columba Silouan
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Latest Hopes and Dreams
Hello, fair readers! It's time for a "Hopes and Dreams" update.
Here's where I'm at at the moment. I see a new approach to Orthodox Evangelism in my mind's eye, and it goes something like this:
Personally speaking: Continue to take steps towards increased Reading and Acolyting experience, perhaps culminating in "the next step." Enjoy this process and don't rush things.
Discipleship: Start the small group Orthodox Bible Study soon, and grow it to the point where a mid-week praise and worship session / hymn-sing can be included. Eventually institute praying with each other. Throw in the best elements from protestant "cell groups."
When enough growth occurs, start up "men's groups" along the lines of John Eldredge or Marked Men for Christ.
Evangelism: Start helping one of my fellow parishoners with lay readers services down here in Parker.
Make the new goal absolutely packing out Saint Marks Orthodox Church to the point where a new mission in our area becomes necessary.
Methodology: The way we gain new members is to be a regional AND loyal sub-group of the larger group with our own unique emphasis and philosophy. We "hang out" together, just like those members of the so-called "house church" down the street from my wife and I, but we always convene at Saint Mark's on Sundays and we continue to give our time, talent and treasure faithfully to our mother parish.
In my opinion, some of the people we draw this way will stay with Saint Marks. They won't want the hassle of a new mission. But some of the most energetic will want a new mission when Saint Marks just can't hold all the people anymore.
The end result will be TWO vibrant Orthodox parishes.
Models to look at: I think the major way Saint Mark's can grow numerically is to take the approach that Emmanuel Orthodox Church and Saint Stephen's Orthodox Church has taken. We maintain our liturgical and musical standards but also allow for additional expressions and activities in our common life.
We do our uniquely Orthodox alternative to the Vatican II model: Always preserving the Divine Liturgy and its Holy integrity, while practicing the best things that we did when we were protestant christians "on the side", so to speak.
If we had a vital and dynamic small groups / cell groups ministry, I think many more people would strongly consider Holy Orthodoxy as a spiritual home.
And I plan to state UP FRONT that one of the goals is church growth and new missions, provided we fill up and improve life at Saint Mark's first.
This small groups ministry can bridge the gap for new converts, giving them the encouragement they are used to from their past traditions, allowing them to "catch their breath" figuratively speaking in doing the (for many of them) hard work of Orthodox worship and living. We practice a rigorous form of Christianity that many just aren't used to. One thing we aren't is "laid-back." Converting to Orthodoxy is an adjustment for a great many converts. We can help make that adjustment a much smoother one.
Our religion is "the Maximalist form of Christianity." Let's live like it and go after new families.
I believe Saint Marks is a special place, and that makes it something I want to see duplicated.
So "The Dream" is back, but with this new focus I've written about here.
Let's overcome the obstacles in our way and convert both lost people and heterodox christians, bringing them into the blessings of Holy Orthodoxy.
Saint Mark's first, then in God's good time, Saint Ambrose!
Forgive me,
Columba Siluoan.
Here's where I'm at at the moment. I see a new approach to Orthodox Evangelism in my mind's eye, and it goes something like this:
Personally speaking: Continue to take steps towards increased Reading and Acolyting experience, perhaps culminating in "the next step." Enjoy this process and don't rush things.
Discipleship: Start the small group Orthodox Bible Study soon, and grow it to the point where a mid-week praise and worship session / hymn-sing can be included. Eventually institute praying with each other. Throw in the best elements from protestant "cell groups."
When enough growth occurs, start up "men's groups" along the lines of John Eldredge or Marked Men for Christ.
Evangelism: Start helping one of my fellow parishoners with lay readers services down here in Parker.
Make the new goal absolutely packing out Saint Marks Orthodox Church to the point where a new mission in our area becomes necessary.
Methodology: The way we gain new members is to be a regional AND loyal sub-group of the larger group with our own unique emphasis and philosophy. We "hang out" together, just like those members of the so-called "house church" down the street from my wife and I, but we always convene at Saint Mark's on Sundays and we continue to give our time, talent and treasure faithfully to our mother parish.
In my opinion, some of the people we draw this way will stay with Saint Marks. They won't want the hassle of a new mission. But some of the most energetic will want a new mission when Saint Marks just can't hold all the people anymore.
The end result will be TWO vibrant Orthodox parishes.
Models to look at: I think the major way Saint Mark's can grow numerically is to take the approach that Emmanuel Orthodox Church and Saint Stephen's Orthodox Church has taken. We maintain our liturgical and musical standards but also allow for additional expressions and activities in our common life.
We do our uniquely Orthodox alternative to the Vatican II model: Always preserving the Divine Liturgy and its Holy integrity, while practicing the best things that we did when we were protestant christians "on the side", so to speak.
If we had a vital and dynamic small groups / cell groups ministry, I think many more people would strongly consider Holy Orthodoxy as a spiritual home.
And I plan to state UP FRONT that one of the goals is church growth and new missions, provided we fill up and improve life at Saint Mark's first.
This small groups ministry can bridge the gap for new converts, giving them the encouragement they are used to from their past traditions, allowing them to "catch their breath" figuratively speaking in doing the (for many of them) hard work of Orthodox worship and living. We practice a rigorous form of Christianity that many just aren't used to. One thing we aren't is "laid-back." Converting to Orthodoxy is an adjustment for a great many converts. We can help make that adjustment a much smoother one.
Our religion is "the Maximalist form of Christianity." Let's live like it and go after new families.
I believe Saint Marks is a special place, and that makes it something I want to see duplicated.
So "The Dream" is back, but with this new focus I've written about here.
Let's overcome the obstacles in our way and convert both lost people and heterodox christians, bringing them into the blessings of Holy Orthodoxy.
Saint Mark's first, then in God's good time, Saint Ambrose!
Forgive me,
Columba Siluoan.
Restarting the Bible Study: Why the delay?
As I've stated previously, I really wish and intend to get what was formerly the Orthodox Men's Small Group Bible Study re-ignited.
I know I keep saying I will get this done, but it hasn't happened yet and here's why:
I said earlier that I supposedly have a new job with Dish Network. Since the post that mentioned this possibility was published, I've been through a third interview, a series of assessments, and I'm still waiting to see if I have the job or not.
I've also applied for positions with Citi Financial, Homestead Technologies, and a company called Pro-Source.
This second bout with unemployment has been a real roller coaster ride. Add on top of this a bit of the wind being taken out of my sails by the Lord interrupting my plans to get an Orthodox Mission planted in Parker, and you get my lack of progress in re-starting the Bible Study.
I've just been too sapped and drained lately to get the ball rolling.
But the good news is I continue to gain experience with acolyting and reading at Saint Marks, and the more I do this, the more peace I'm feeling. Doing these things at church has been a peaceful and fulfilling island in this storm of career change.
So yes, I really want to see the Orthodox Bible Study resume soon. But until I get something nailed down on the job front, I'm finding that I'm just too distracted.
I think this job situation will be resolved soon. When it is, I will revisit the Bible Study at that time.
Forgive me,
Columba Siluoan
I know I keep saying I will get this done, but it hasn't happened yet and here's why:
I said earlier that I supposedly have a new job with Dish Network. Since the post that mentioned this possibility was published, I've been through a third interview, a series of assessments, and I'm still waiting to see if I have the job or not.
I've also applied for positions with Citi Financial, Homestead Technologies, and a company called Pro-Source.
This second bout with unemployment has been a real roller coaster ride. Add on top of this a bit of the wind being taken out of my sails by the Lord interrupting my plans to get an Orthodox Mission planted in Parker, and you get my lack of progress in re-starting the Bible Study.
I've just been too sapped and drained lately to get the ball rolling.
But the good news is I continue to gain experience with acolyting and reading at Saint Marks, and the more I do this, the more peace I'm feeling. Doing these things at church has been a peaceful and fulfilling island in this storm of career change.
So yes, I really want to see the Orthodox Bible Study resume soon. But until I get something nailed down on the job front, I'm finding that I'm just too distracted.
I think this job situation will be resolved soon. When it is, I will revisit the Bible Study at that time.
Forgive me,
Columba Siluoan
House Churches: Modern vs. Ancient
One of my readers posted a comment on one of my past posts about restarting the small group bible study. In her comment, she provided a link to an article about "House Churches."
Here is the link: http://www.kencollins.com/glossary/architecture.htm
This is an important article by Ken Collins. Evidently Pastor Collins is a member of the Disciples of Christ, which is a protestant denomination more favorable to traditional church set-ups, which makes him kind of an ally to traditionally minded Orthodox church planters.
My wife and I have had a positive experience with one of these modern, so-called "house churches" down the street from us in our very own neighborhood. We attended a Thursday evening class called "Financial Peace University" by protestant author Dave Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey also has a show on Fox Business Network, and the class was excellent. Ramsey is a deeply committed protestant christian who emphasizes getting in control of your finances so you can give money away to others and to your local church.
I believe these well-meaning folks think that one of the best ways to "do church" is to meet relevant and urgent needs that people have in our modern culture. Providing the Financial Peace University class at their homes was no doubt seen by them as one of the deepest ways they could reach out to non-believers. And this approach is a good idea, if you pair it with involvement in an actual Church with a capital "C."
I've been wishing that the three families of this "house church" who live in three paired homes adjacent to each other (and with shared backyards) really knew what an ancient "house church" was like. If only these couples knew the true facts, perhaps they could help us pack Saint Marks while continuing their activities at the same time, thus making new missions necessary.
I believe their approach can bring many people into the christian faith. But we need to bring people to the Christian Faith, too.
These three families are salt-of-the-earth types of people who really love Jesus Christ. They all come from a Southern Baptist background. I pray and wish they will become Orthodox Christians and join this really great institution Christ founded called the Holy Orthodox Church.
We could sure use more people like these earnest and well-meaning, but misguided folks. Bible studies and fellowship in a house church without the sacraments fall short of what Christ intends for us as Christians. I know God is working through their efforts but He intends so much more!
They are settling for something good, but not God's best. And sometimes the merely good is enemy of the best.
As Orthodox Christians, I wonder what these great and sincere folks could accomplish within one of our parishes. Y'all please pray for these three couples, that someday the blessed Trinity will woo them into our Holy Church. The fruit that would result would be very significant. Joining their holy zeal with our holy structure would be a dynamic mix.
I guess it's time for some "friendship evangelism" on our part.
(This will probably take a while).
Pax,
Columba Silouan
Here is the link: http://www.kencollins.com/glossary/architecture.htm
This is an important article by Ken Collins. Evidently Pastor Collins is a member of the Disciples of Christ, which is a protestant denomination more favorable to traditional church set-ups, which makes him kind of an ally to traditionally minded Orthodox church planters.
My wife and I have had a positive experience with one of these modern, so-called "house churches" down the street from us in our very own neighborhood. We attended a Thursday evening class called "Financial Peace University" by protestant author Dave Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey also has a show on Fox Business Network, and the class was excellent. Ramsey is a deeply committed protestant christian who emphasizes getting in control of your finances so you can give money away to others and to your local church.
I believe these well-meaning folks think that one of the best ways to "do church" is to meet relevant and urgent needs that people have in our modern culture. Providing the Financial Peace University class at their homes was no doubt seen by them as one of the deepest ways they could reach out to non-believers. And this approach is a good idea, if you pair it with involvement in an actual Church with a capital "C."
I've been wishing that the three families of this "house church" who live in three paired homes adjacent to each other (and with shared backyards) really knew what an ancient "house church" was like. If only these couples knew the true facts, perhaps they could help us pack Saint Marks while continuing their activities at the same time, thus making new missions necessary.
I believe their approach can bring many people into the christian faith. But we need to bring people to the Christian Faith, too.
These three families are salt-of-the-earth types of people who really love Jesus Christ. They all come from a Southern Baptist background. I pray and wish they will become Orthodox Christians and join this really great institution Christ founded called the Holy Orthodox Church.
We could sure use more people like these earnest and well-meaning, but misguided folks. Bible studies and fellowship in a house church without the sacraments fall short of what Christ intends for us as Christians. I know God is working through their efforts but He intends so much more!
They are settling for something good, but not God's best. And sometimes the merely good is enemy of the best.
As Orthodox Christians, I wonder what these great and sincere folks could accomplish within one of our parishes. Y'all please pray for these three couples, that someday the blessed Trinity will woo them into our Holy Church. The fruit that would result would be very significant. Joining their holy zeal with our holy structure would be a dynamic mix.
I guess it's time for some "friendship evangelism" on our part.
(This will probably take a while).
Pax,
Columba Silouan
Monday, January 12, 2009
Transgressive Liturgy. An Analysis of the Article
In our Adult Sunday School class, we're studying an article by James Hitchcock. In this article, the "therapuetic mentality" and its affect on American culture and Roman Catholic worship is addressed.
The controversy over Christianity and Psychology isn't a new one. I had a painful round of this myself when I was a young man at Biola University.
I remember well the book by Bob and Diedra Bobgan called "Psychoheresy." I remember well the "Nothing Buttery" approach to Christian counseling which was "use only the Bible." I remember books by Paul Vietz like "Psychology as Religion, the Cult of Self-Worship."
I also remember the other camp: Rosemead School of Psychology. The Integration of Faith and Learning. "Spoiling the Egyptians," and so on.
One of the primary psychological schools of thought used at Rosemead was the Rogerian model. So the counselling used was referred to as "neo-Rogerian." They also used "free-association" therapy. They didn't use the "Behaviorist" approach like others at the time (Dr. D. James Dobson comes to mind here). Instructors at Rosemead referred to all the founders of modern psychology, including Sigmund Frued.
Rosemead and those sympathetic to the school were strongly opposed by other protestant factions like devotees of Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church and The Master's College. Additional student factions who opposed or who frowned on this mixture of "christianity" and psychotherapy were members of The Navigators on campus and students who were members of a local Pentecostal church called "Believer's Fellowship."
The controversy grew so intense that those who opposed any mixture of christianity and psychology refused to eat with members of the other faction, considering them to be on the road to "final apostasy."
In this atmosphere, anyone with real personal problems was going to get creamed by the one side and confused by the other side.
It may well be a good idea for Orthodox Christians to be strongly opposed to the field of pychology, the so-called "therapuetic culture." But filtering psychological analysis and ideas through the lense of Orthodoxy might also be useful if we can keep the influence of psychology from changing any aspect of our Orthodox faith in the process. Many say that psychology is good at labelling problems and issues but impotent when it comes to real and lasting solutions.
And then there is the matter of psychology v.s. psychiatry, or so called physical diseases and chemical imbalances that affect the brain. My personal opinion about PHYSICAL disorders such as "Bi-Polar" disorder, for instance is that they should be treated with the best medicines available under the care of the best physicians available. Bi-Polar disorder is a PSYCHIATRIC issue, not a "therapuetic" issue.
It's a common error to confuse Phychology with Psychiatry, and this error should be beyond Orthodox Christians.
Nevertheless any "Bi-Polar" person who is an Orthodox Christian is still responsible to resist the evil passions of his or her mood swings and thereby lessen the extent and effect of this disorder. No person is a helpless pawn. God has given us the gift of Free Will, even if that will is weakened by illness. Orthodox Christians believe that no one has been created with an immutable nature. Everyone can change for the better. Total Depravity and Double Presdestination are protestant ideas we Orthodox don't suscribe to at all. Nothing is inevitable when you are an Orthodox Christian.
Resisting Bi-Polar mood swings through medicine and the disciplines of our Holy Faith is the responsible and fully human thing to do, and becoming truly human is what Orthodox Christianity is all about.
In future posts as time permits, I may delve into greater detail about this thought provoking Transgressive Liturgy article we're studying. There are many wonderful thoughts expressed within this article. But it is also very hard-hitting.
Again, in my humble opinion, you draw more bees with honey than with vinegar.
We need to do our duty, as the article suggests but as John Eldredge has said there are ways to do our duty without killing our hearts in the process.
Our adult Sunday School teacher recently stated that true happiness is a by-product of doing our Christian duty, as the Transgressive Liturgy article suggests. I found this to be a most agreeable addition on his part, softening the hard edges of the article a bit.
So I believe a sound approach is to resist the abuses of the therapuetic culture without losing our hearts in the process. This is the essence of being "watchful" as our teacher admonished us to do in the best tradition of "hesychast" Orthodox spirituality.
Forgive me,
Columba Silouan
The controversy over Christianity and Psychology isn't a new one. I had a painful round of this myself when I was a young man at Biola University.
I remember well the book by Bob and Diedra Bobgan called "Psychoheresy." I remember well the "Nothing Buttery" approach to Christian counseling which was "use only the Bible." I remember books by Paul Vietz like "Psychology as Religion, the Cult of Self-Worship."
I also remember the other camp: Rosemead School of Psychology. The Integration of Faith and Learning. "Spoiling the Egyptians," and so on.
One of the primary psychological schools of thought used at Rosemead was the Rogerian model. So the counselling used was referred to as "neo-Rogerian." They also used "free-association" therapy. They didn't use the "Behaviorist" approach like others at the time (Dr. D. James Dobson comes to mind here). Instructors at Rosemead referred to all the founders of modern psychology, including Sigmund Frued.
Rosemead and those sympathetic to the school were strongly opposed by other protestant factions like devotees of Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church and The Master's College. Additional student factions who opposed or who frowned on this mixture of "christianity" and psychotherapy were members of The Navigators on campus and students who were members of a local Pentecostal church called "Believer's Fellowship."
The controversy grew so intense that those who opposed any mixture of christianity and psychology refused to eat with members of the other faction, considering them to be on the road to "final apostasy."
In this atmosphere, anyone with real personal problems was going to get creamed by the one side and confused by the other side.
It may well be a good idea for Orthodox Christians to be strongly opposed to the field of pychology, the so-called "therapuetic culture." But filtering psychological analysis and ideas through the lense of Orthodoxy might also be useful if we can keep the influence of psychology from changing any aspect of our Orthodox faith in the process. Many say that psychology is good at labelling problems and issues but impotent when it comes to real and lasting solutions.
And then there is the matter of psychology v.s. psychiatry, or so called physical diseases and chemical imbalances that affect the brain. My personal opinion about PHYSICAL disorders such as "Bi-Polar" disorder, for instance is that they should be treated with the best medicines available under the care of the best physicians available. Bi-Polar disorder is a PSYCHIATRIC issue, not a "therapuetic" issue.
It's a common error to confuse Phychology with Psychiatry, and this error should be beyond Orthodox Christians.
Nevertheless any "Bi-Polar" person who is an Orthodox Christian is still responsible to resist the evil passions of his or her mood swings and thereby lessen the extent and effect of this disorder. No person is a helpless pawn. God has given us the gift of Free Will, even if that will is weakened by illness. Orthodox Christians believe that no one has been created with an immutable nature. Everyone can change for the better. Total Depravity and Double Presdestination are protestant ideas we Orthodox don't suscribe to at all. Nothing is inevitable when you are an Orthodox Christian.
Resisting Bi-Polar mood swings through medicine and the disciplines of our Holy Faith is the responsible and fully human thing to do, and becoming truly human is what Orthodox Christianity is all about.
In future posts as time permits, I may delve into greater detail about this thought provoking Transgressive Liturgy article we're studying. There are many wonderful thoughts expressed within this article. But it is also very hard-hitting.
Again, in my humble opinion, you draw more bees with honey than with vinegar.
We need to do our duty, as the article suggests but as John Eldredge has said there are ways to do our duty without killing our hearts in the process.
Our adult Sunday School teacher recently stated that true happiness is a by-product of doing our Christian duty, as the Transgressive Liturgy article suggests. I found this to be a most agreeable addition on his part, softening the hard edges of the article a bit.
So I believe a sound approach is to resist the abuses of the therapuetic culture without losing our hearts in the process. This is the essence of being "watchful" as our teacher admonished us to do in the best tradition of "hesychast" Orthodox spirituality.
Forgive me,
Columba Silouan
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