PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Why the Fathers Fear a Single Word More Than Wild Beasts Synopsis of Tonight's Group on The Evergetinos Volume II: Hypothesis XLIII and XIV There is something terrifyingly honest in these stories because they do not allow us to hide behind good intentions or spiritual reputation. They expose how thin the veil is between holiness and destruction when the heart is not fully purified of anger and envy. Florentius is not portrayed as weak or negligent. He is guileless. He prays.