PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

On the Judgment That Makes Us Antichrists “Before I could pass judgment, he himself has condemned his brother.” — The Lord’s rebuke to the Elder in the Evergetinos There are few teachings in the Evergetinos more terrifying than this one. The Elder does not commit adultery. He does not steal. He does not blaspheme. He does not deny Christ. He merely says, “Ugh!” He hears that a brother with a bad reputation remains what he supposedly always was, and for a brief moment his hear