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    The Parable of the Prodigal Son
    The Parable of the Prodigal Son
    The Parable of the Prodigal Son
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    The Parable of the Prodigal Son

    By Vasileios Archimandrite

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    Archimandrite Vasileos, former abbot of Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos, reflects on the parable of the Prodigal Son from the Orthodox patristic erspective.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlexander Press
    Release dateJul 15, 2021
    ISBN9791220826105
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      The Parable of the Prodigal Son - Vasileios Archimandrite

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      The Parable

      of the

      Prodigal Son

      by

      Archimandrite Vasileios

      Mount Athos Series No 9 : The Parable of the Prodigal Son

      Front Cover and above: Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples,

      detail of an epistle with scenes from Christ’s passion,

      written by Theophan the Cretan (16th Century),

      Iveron Monstery, Mount Athos

      Archimandrite Vasileios

      Translated from the original Greek

      by Dr. Constantine Kokenes

      Third edition

      ALEXANDER PRESS

      Montréal, 2021 a.d.

      Contents

      A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

      PROLOGUE

      THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON

      THE YOUNGER SON’S REBELLION - THE MANNER IN WHICH THE FATHERCONDUCTS HIMSELF

      WHATEVER IS FALSE WILL ABANDON US AND VANISH

      WHATEVER IS TRUE REMAINS STEADFAST AND SAVES US

      THE YOUNGER SON’S ENCOUNTER WITH HIS FATHER

      A RETURN HOME WHICH SETS ONE FREE

      A RETURN HOME WHICH IS SUFFOCATING

      THE FATHER’S PAIN BEGINS ANEW - THE ENCOUNTER WITH HIS ELDER SON

      CHARACTERISTICS OF THE YOUNGER SON

      CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OLDER SON

      COMPARISON OF THE TWO SONS

      CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FATHER

      THE PARABLE AND US

      WE AS SPIRITUAL FATHERS

      The text originated as the prologue to the the five volume memorial to the memory of the late Metropolitan of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Maximos of Sardis. (1914-1986). [Volume 1, pages 405-423 (Fondation pour l’unité chrétienne Atef Danial of the Holy Orthodox Metropolis of Switzerland (Ecumenical Patriarchate), Geneva, 1989) First published in English in the Mount Athos Series, No. 9 (1996).

      Translator’s note: I am very indebted to Monk Jeremiah of Iveron Monastery whose preliminary translation assisted me greatly during the preparation and editing of this work.All rights reserved

      Archimandrite Vasileios, The Parable of the Prodigal Son

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      Physical Book ISBN: 1-896800-88-2

      A NOTE FROM THE

      PUBLISHER

      AAs publisher of Alexander Press it gives me great joy to continue the Mount Athos Series with the publication of Archimandrite Vasileios The Parable of the Prodigal Son Archimandrite Vasileios (Gondikakis), former Abbot of Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos, was born on Crete in 1936, and studied theology in Athens and in Lyon, France. Upon visiting Mount Athos, he felt at home, and decided to remain there. Initially, he stayed in a hermitage close the Elder Paisios. In 1968, he was

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