Elder Sophrony of Essex on the Holy Fathers

St. Gregory Palamas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Thessaloniki (source)

  
In our age, we need, more than any time before, the teaching of three Fathers: St. Gregory Palamas, St. Maximos the Confessor, and St. Symeon the New Theologian.
-Elder Sophrony of Essex

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Sts. Maximos the Confessor and Symeon the New Theologian (source)

  

Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us! Amen!

"Amidst the darkness of the world..."

Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!

St. John the Theologian (source)

  
Amidst the darkness of the world, you were seen to be shining with the spotless Light, and being seized by fervor, you became a lamp of piety which cast forth many seeds of theology to generations of the nations, O John, shining with light.
-from the Matins Canon for St. John the Theologian
  
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Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs, He has granted life!

Truly, the Lord is risen!

The voice of Elder Sophrony of Essex (+July 11th, 1993)

Here are two videos, the first with Elder Sophrony of Essex (+ July 11th, 1993) reciting the beloved Orthodox prayer (and a beloved of his) "O Heavenly King, Comforter, the Spirit of truth..." (source)

 

The second is a short recording of Elder Sophrony speaking about Theology as a state of being. May we have his blessing and may his prayers and writings (along with those of St. Silouan) help those thirsty for salvation throughout the world! (source)

  

Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us! Amen!

Orthodox Theologians

Beautiful icon by Alevizakis depicting the three Holy Saints given the title of "Theologian" by the Orthodox Church: St. John the Evangelist, St. Gregory Patriarch of Constantinople, and St. Symeon the New Theologian (source)

  

"The one who prays is a theologian; the one who is a theologian, prays."

-Evagrios of Pontos

   

"The words of the saints are words of God and not of men."

 -St. Symeon the New Theologian, "The Discourses"

  

Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us! Amen!