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Episode 9: Holy Myrrh and Holy Relics, in John of the Ladder, Dr. Christopher Veniamin

Episode 9: Holy Myrrh and Holy Relics Unit 15: “John of the Ladder: Principles of the Christian Life”, by Prof. Christopher Veniamin Series: “Mystical Theology" “Holy Myrrh and Holy Relics”, Episode 9 in our series, "John of the Ladder, is based on the readings, “About Menas” and “About Saint Acacius”. In it, inter alia, Prof. Christopher Veniamin discusses the significance of holy myrrh and holy relics. Themes from this episode are listed in the Timestamps below. Q&As available in The Professor’s Blog: https://mountthabor.com/blogs/the-pro... Recommended background reading: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (Holy Transfiguration Monastery); Saint Silouan the Athonite, by St. Sophrony the Athonite (https://mountthabor.com/products/st-s... and The Enlargement of the Heart, by Archimandrite Zacharias (https://mountthabor.com/products/the-...) Join The Mount Thabor Academy! Patreon MEMBERSHIP TIERS   / membership   YouTube MEMBERSHIP - FRIENDS AND READERS Click on the Join button below our videos, and become a Friend or Reader of The Mount Thabor Academy!    / @themtpacademy   TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Reading “About Saint Menas” 1:53 Myrrh from St. Demetrius the Wonderworker 2:46 Resumption of reading “About Saint Menas” 2:54 Experience of fragrance at Monastery of St. Panteleimon 4:20 Experience of the Transfiguration 4:54 St. Porphyios & Fr. Acacios, St. Paisios: light 6:44 Every blessing contains the mystery of the Cross 6:59 Soteriological purpose behind spiritual experiences 8:25 Our faith is not myths and legends 9:12 We need the real thing 9:34 Genuine theology contains discernment 10:01 The man who used to live opposite the Monastery 13:01 Witchcraft 14:00 Living simultaneously on two planes 14:29 Power of martyrdom and love of God for each one personally 15:20 Building of churches and myrrhstreaming 15:49 Relics & aromas and the final place of the body 16:50 The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation 17:02 Continuing reading “About Saint Menas” 18:32 Reading passage on Stillness 24:38 Commentary on Stillness passage 25:18 Great Lent: practice ground of the virtues 26:35 St. Silouan on natural beauty and the vision of God 28:43 A brief word about the Prison 29:23 Reading “About Saint Acacius” 33:23 Commentary on “About Saint Acacius” 33:29 Relics and the resurrection of the body (John 5.24, cf. 11.25) 34:45 St. Porphyrios: no death for Christians 35:56 St. Sophrony: presence after death 36:30 “The Valley of Dry Bones”, Ezek. 37.1-14 36:38 Appeal – LINKS – MOUNT THABOR ACADEMY PODCASTS https://www.buzzsprout.com/2232462/share THE MOUNT THABOR ACADEMY    / @themtpacademy   Print Books by MOUNT THABOR PUBLISHING https://mountthabor.com eBooks by MOUNT THABOR PUBLISHING: Amazon Kindle https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ebooks+mou... Google Play https://play.google.com/store/search?... Apple Books https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-b... Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?que... Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book... Books by DR. CHRISTOPHER VENIAMIN: https://mountthabor.com/collections/d... The Professor's Blog https://mountthabor.com/blogs/the-pro... Academy Membership Options Patreon:   / themountthaboracademy   Join us on Social Media YouTube    / @themtpacademy   Facebook facebook.com/thaborian Instagram instagram.com/mountthaborllc Twitter twitter.com/Mount_ThaborLLC LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/mount-thabor-llc/?viewAsMember=true ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I wish to express my indebtedness to the spoken and written traditions of Sts Silouan and Sophrony the Athonites, Fr. Zacharias Zacharou, Fr. Kyrill Akon, Fr. Raphael Noica, Fr. Symeon Brüschweiler; Fr. John Romanides, Fr. Pavlos Englezakis, Fr. Georges Florovsky, Prof. Constantine Scouteris, Prof. George Mantzarides, Prof. John Fountoulis, Mtp Hierotheos Vlachos, Mtp Kallistos Ware, and Prof. Panayiotes Chrestou. My presentations have been enriched by all of the above sources. Responsibility however for the content of my presentations is of course mine alone. ©Christopher Veniamin 2024