Theology as Charisma and Experience, continued
a) St John the Theologian and Evangelist
b) St Gregory the Theologian
c) St Symeon the New Theologian
d) St Gregory Palamas
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 Progress in Prayer
Q2 The Worldwide Influence of Russian Theologians
Q3 Curing Human Beings
Q4 Noetic Prayer and Evagrius of Pontus
Q5 The Method of Hypnotism and Orthodox
Psychotherapy
Q6 Obedience to the Spiritual Father
Q7 Monasticism and Marriage in Relation to Deification
Q8 Holy Communion and Confession
Q9 Holy Communion and Holy Relics
Q10 The Possibility of Baptism in the Mother’s Womb
Q11 Birth Control
Q12 The Relationship between the Divine Liturgy and the
Jesus Prayer
Q13 Theology and Philosophy
Q14 Discerning between Thoughts
Q15 Sorrow and Depression
Part 3 - Romania
1. The Hesychastic Life according to St Basil the Great
1. Correspondence with St Gregory the Theologian
2. Sacred Hesychia and God’s Temple
a) Wandering
b) Leaving the World
c) Life in the Wilderness
d) Prayer and Reading
e) Hesychia
f ) Nous and Theoria
g) Temple of the All-Holy Spirit
h) Transformation of the Whole of Life
3. Hesychast and Celebrant
Epilogue
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 The Link between Hesychastic Experience and the
Divine Eucharist
Q2 Theoria of the Divine Light
Statement on the Television Station of the Patriarchate of
Romania
The International Conference on St Basil the Great
2. Bringing Up Children Today
1. Children are God’s Gift
2. Bringing up Children in the Church
3. Children as Equal Members of the Church
4. Difficulties connected with the Development and
Upbringing of Children Today
Discussion after the Talk
Q1 The Hour of Death
Q2 Sickness of the Nous
Q3 Noetic Prayer
Q4 Holy Communion and Confession
Q5 Homeopathy
Q6 Children in the Church
Q7 Choosing Someone to Care for Children
Q8 Dialogues between the Orthodox and non-Orthodox
Q9 Children Facing Death
Q10 Children and Church Attendance
Q11 Religious Education in School
Q12 Demonic Attacks on Children
Q13 Psychological Disturbance
Q14 Unloved Children
3. Interview - The Theology of St Gregory Palamas and the
Scholasticism of Barlaam
Q1 The Historical Context of the Life of St Gregory
Palamas
Q2 Influence of the Holy Mountain on his Life
Q3 Effect of his Conflict with Barlaam
Q4 Popular Interest in Theological Issues
Q5 Summary of St Gregory Palamas’s Teaching
Q6 Knowledge of God
Q7 Patristic Teaching as the Basis of St Gregory Palamas’s
Teaching
Q8 Consequences of the Church’s Victory through St
Gregory Palamas
Q9 The Message of St Gregory Palamas for our Era
4. Interview - Therapy and Truth
Part 4 - Georgia
1. About Orthodox Psychotherapy
1. Why the Book was written
2. The Book’s Title and Subtitle
3. Discussions about the Subject Matter of the Book
4. Orthodox Psychotherapy from the Psychological Point of View
5. Basic Elements of Orthodox Therapeutic Treatment
Discussion after the Talk
Part 5 - St Paissy Velichkovsky
St Paissy Velichkovsky – A Great Hesychast Father
1. His Path to Monasticism
2. Searching for and Translating the Writings of Hesychast
Fathers
3. Spiritual Guide to Hundreds and Thousands of Monks
4. Experiencing Hesychastic Monasticism
5. His Saintly Decease
6. The ‘Philokalic’ Movement in the Orthodox World
Conclusion