PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

The hidden life that becomes light for the world “Acquire the Spirit of peace, and thousands around you will be saved.” — Seraphim of Sarov Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 11 1-3a There is something in this word from Isaac the Syrian that unsettles us a little. Because it speaks of a beauty that is not crafted, not projected, not explained. A beauty that simply… shines. He does not describe a monk as someone who teaches, pe