PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

St. Isaac the Syrian and the Monastic Heart of the Gospel “For these are a monk’s manifest beauties stated in brief, and they bear witness to his dying utterly to the world and his nearness to God.” — St. Isaac the Syrian Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 11 paragraphs 3a and 4 There is something striking in the way that St. Isaac the Syrian speaks about the monastic life. He does not speak of it romantically. There is no sen