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Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to present a new lecture series by Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou entitled, The Christian Life is Impossible...All We are Able to Do is to Die Daily. In this series of six lectures following by an extended question and answer session, Father Zacharias uncovers troves of collected wisdom from the great ascetics of the Church in ancient and contemporary times concerning the cultivation of man's inner life. These lectures are not just a magnificent culling of the patristic treasury, but are chock-full of insights from Father Zacharias' own life and experience as a spiritual son of Elder Sophrony of Essex. The lectures are entitled: The Cross of Christ: The Justification of God and Man Overturning the Pyramid of the Created World The Love of Enemies Prophetic Life and Authenticity in the Church Building the Temple of God in Ourselves and Our Fellows Fattening the Soul through Hesychia and Tears Questions and Answers All six lectures plus questions and answers are availab

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Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to present this nine lecture series by Father Zacharias Zacharou entitled: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life. In these lectures, saturated by the teaching of Holy Scripture, the Church Fathers, and especially the lives and teachings of St. Silouan the Athonite and Elder Sophrony of Essex, Father Zacharias describes the process of salvation as it is prefigured in the history of ancient Israel. Beginning with the deliverance from Egyptian tyranny when Israel was drunk with divine consolation, continuing through the extended wilderness wanderings, and culminating in the entrance into the Promised Land—Father Zacharias unfolds the mystery of life in Christ—what he calls an ever-increasing and dynamic relationship with God. These lectures were codified into a book entitled Remember Thy First Love: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life in the Theology of Elder Sophrony which is available from Amazon or from Father Zacharias’ American distributor: Mount Thabor Publishin

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Personhood in the Life and Ministry of Elder Sophrony (Sakharov) is a series of seven lectures delivered by Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou). Father Zacharias a spiritual son of Elder Sophrony and a long-time member of the monastery of St. John the Baptist, founded by Elder Sophrony in Essex, England, in 1959. Father Zacharias is also the primary conduit in contemporary Orthodoxy of the life and teaching of Elder Soprhony, and has written many books in which he articulates Father Sophrony's inspired teachings. These lectures explore the depths of what it means to be a human person called to union and communion with the Living God. These lectures were eventually expanded and codified in a text by Father Zacharias entitled, "Man, the Target of God," which is available from Amazon or directly from Father Zacharias' American distributor, Mount Thabor Publishing. Patristic Nectar Publications is honored to host these lectures by such an esteemed lecturer as Father Zacharias. The seven lectures in this series are

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