Last week, we heard Basil the Great’s advice for separation from the things of the world. This week, we hear the advice of Pseudo-Macarius and Gregory of Nyssa for praying constantly and entering into deeper union with God.
Links:
Icon of Gregory of Nyssa
The Spiritual Homilies of Pseudo-Macarius
Hieromonk Alexander Golitzin’s presentation A Testimony to Christianity as Transfiguration: The Macarian Homilies and Orthodox Spirituality
Comments on Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses
Comments on Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Song of Songs
John Meyendorff, “St. Basil, Messalianism and Byzantine Christianity,” St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 28 (1980), 219-234.
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