Our country is covered with the ice of materialism and of atheism, and we are all called to take part in their defeat. Only when this ice dissipates will we be able to find and enjoy once again that true earth which the apostolic ploughs cultivated, and which the blood of martyrs and the sweat of monastic Saints watered. Only then will the noetic sun warm the Greek soil, which will immediately sprout forth flowers in bloom and bear fruit, as before, to the glory of God.
-from Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit, spec. the Counsels of Elder Amphilochios of Patmos
The book notes that noetic is a Greek word referring to man's intellect. The intellectual and ascetic depths of Orthodoxy are wonderful.
-from Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit, spec. the Counsels of Elder Amphilochios of Patmos
The book notes that noetic is a Greek word referring to man's intellect. The intellectual and ascetic depths of Orthodoxy are wonderful.
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