Satanic Buddhist Monk and St Paisios
The following is taken from the life of St Paisios of Mt Athos by Hieromonk Isaac Young Georgios from the Far East Georgios, a young man of sixteen or seventeen, came to Mount Athos to look around the monasteries. Though Greek by blood, he had been raised abroad from early childhood among Tibetan Buddhist monks in their monastery. He had made a great deal of progress in meditation, and he had become an accomplished sorcerer, able to summon any demon he wanted. (*** See Note a
Christ the Conqueror of Hell
Christ's descent into Hell is a major theme of Holy Week in the Orthodox Church. I try as much as I can to look over the Holy Week service book before each one so I can meditate on the meaning of the beautiful texts that I will hear chanted and read that day. In doing so I have had to rethink some of the Biblical texts that I thought I knew well. I wanted to summarize and share some of what I've learned so far. I am especially grateful to Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev and h
