What is the Nous and how is it distinct from the Soul?

Fr. John Whiteford

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 4,6|Votes: 18

What is the Nous and how is it distinct from the Soul?

Fr. John Whiteford

The Church has always considered the soul as the part of the human being that needs healing because She has seen from Hebrew tradition, from Christ Himself, and from the Apostles that in the region of the physical heart there functions something that the Fathers called the nous.

The Life of Blessed Matrona of Moscow

Commemorated April 19/May 2

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Rating: 8,6|Votes: 47

The Life of Blessed Matrona of Moscow

Commemorated April 19/May 2

Matrona acquired spiritual discernment, vision, wonderworking and healing at an early age. Her family and neighbours noticed that she knew not only about people’s sins and crimes but their thoughts as well. She saw the coming of dangers and social catastrophes. Her prayer healed the sick and comforted the suffering.

On Prayer of the Heart

Excerpts from Exploring the Inner Universe

Fr. Roman Braga

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 6,9|Votes: 15

On Prayer of the Heart

Excerpts from Exploring the Inner Universe

Fr. Roman Braga

Attaining dispassion is not the result of personal effort, but it comes by the grace of God; so you must fall on your knees, see yourself as a sinner, and ask for God's help.

The Hidden Soul and the Weight of Glory

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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The Hidden Soul and the Weight of Glory

Fr. Stephen Freeman

What do we mean when we speak of the personality? Do we mean a certain set of memories? A collection of experiences and preferences? Is it our set of skills and techniques? How many of these would we have to lose for the personality and personhood to disappear?

“Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Not Need a Search for the Truth”

Interview with Artem Grigoryan, a former long-standing member of Jehovah's Witnesses

Priest George Maximov, Artem Grigoryan

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Coming to Orthodoxy

Rating: 8,3|Votes: 18

“Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Not Need a Search for the Truth”

Interview with Artem Grigoryan, a former long-standing member of Jehovah's Witnesses

Priest George Maximov, Artem Grigoryan

In association with the Russian SPAS (Savior) TV channel, Pravoslavie.Ru has begun publishing a series of remarkable stories about our contemporaries who embraced the true faith after following various false teachings.