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Before and After Elder Zossima (The Brothers Karamazov)

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{From the fact that in real life certain people, at a certain stage of spiritual development, and presumably after a certain number of ascending steps taken on the Ladder of askesis and/or suffering, can embody the ‘all are guilty for all ethics’  profitably for themselves and others, it does not seem to follow that anyone,…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (X) Marie’s Story

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Previously in the _Dostoevsky for Parents and Children_ series:   Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel _Poor Folk_, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I])   An Honest Thief (from _Stories of a Man of Experience_, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V])   Nellie’s Story (from _The Insulted and Injured_, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI])   At The Select Boarding School (from the…

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„Living water” as freedom in a fallen world

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St. Theophan the Recluse The Lord said: If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed (John 8:36). Here is where freedom is! The mind is bound with bonds of ignorance, delusions, superstitions, and uncertainties; it struggles, but cannot get away from them. Cleave to the Lord and He will enlighten your darkness…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (IX) Foma Danilov – The Russian Hero Tortured To Death

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Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:   Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I])   An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]   Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]   At The Select Boarding School (from the…

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Kontoglou on Understanding the Military Saints

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Saint Demetrios, together with Saint George, are the two brave young lads of Christendom. They are down here on earth, and the two archangels Michael and Gabriel are in heaven. In ancient times they were painted without arms, but in later years they were depicted armed with swords and spears and dressed in iron shirts.…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (VIII) A Centenarian

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Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:   Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I])   An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]   Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]   At The Select Boarding School (from the…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (VII) A Little Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree

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Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:     Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I])   An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]   Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]   At The Select Boarding School (from…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (VI) Nellie’s Story

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Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:  Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V] At The Select Boarding School (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875 [1883, 1897, DPC II]) The Merchant’s Story (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (V) An Honest Thief

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Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:  Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) At The Select Boarding School (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875 [1883, 1897, DPC II]) The Merchant’s Story (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875 [1897, DPC IV]) The Peasant Marey (from The Diary Of A Writer, January 1876 [1883, 1897, DPC III]) {In square brackets…