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A simple blog to accompany the Friday Study Circle at Ss. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene, Enfield, North London. Videos, Talks, Articles on the Orthodox Faith The Mysteries of the Church The Beatitudes etc
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Entering Mystery

English - Orthodox, Christian, Spirituality
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Entering Mystery · 1Y ago

Summer Holidays

The Enfield Study Circle has broken up for the summer, and will return in September, with a revised format. In the meantime, I will continue updating the blog that I maintain for a monastery in Greece http://ypseni.wordpress.com (basically reflecting their Greek content http://ipseni.blogspot.com in
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Entering Mystery · 1Y ago

Practical Spirituality

Tonight’s talk:- Some thoughts on Inner Stillness, Forgiveness and the ills of resentment. Background Links: Called to be Saints Resentment and Forgiveness Keep Inner Stillness
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Entering Mystery · 1Y ago

What is a saint and how do you become one?

Tonight’s Talk for All Saints What is a saint and how can you become one? Outline What is a saint? When I grow up I want to be … a saint! From zero to hero… If Jesus is our Mediator, why do we pray to saints? What about the Panagia, the Mother of God? How [...]
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Entering Mystery · 2Y ago

Romiosini: Saint Constantine, Pentecost and our Orthodox Identity

We rolled a lot of topics into one this time Who was Emperor Constantine and why is he important? Roman Empire? Greek Speaking? Orthodox? Is Pentecost the Birthday of the Church? (Christ in the Old Testament and the Ecumenical Councils) Purification, Illumination, Glorification (Theosis) [pdf] Sickn
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Entering Mystery · 2Y ago

We’re off!

We started yesterday at 7.30pm with all the regulars Ascension and Pentecost: The Birthday of the Church Outline The Ascension The Reign of the Messiah A mission Power from on High The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament The word ruah The Holy Spirit in the Gospels The Annunciation The Baptism The Sam
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Entering Mystery · 2Y ago

Blessed are the persecuted…

After a short break in our talks we start again on the 27th November at St. Raphael’s with a guest speaker. Fr. Alexander Tefft comes to St. Raphael’s to speak on “Blessed are the Persecuted…” On the back of a century with the highest number of Christian martyrs since the beginnings of the Church th
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Entering Mystery · 2Y ago

Blessed are the meek..

Again … just the powerpoint… notes to be added soon We raised £135 for Kenya with a very poor turnout, by the way!
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Entering Mystery · 2Y ago

Blessed are those who mourn…

Powerpoint presentation … full talk to follow Blessed are they that mourn
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Entering Mystery · 2Y ago

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

Thank you to everyone who came last night, it was a pleasant evening despite the autumnal chill in the air. The theme was “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit”. The session was a very interactive one, so there is no written talk online. I’m afraid you won’t get the full flavour of the session, this [...]
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Entering Mystery · 2Y ago

Science, Creation and Bones

During the pre-talk coffee we got into a discussion about Creation and Orthodox viewpoints, which we may well leave to another session with a guest speaker. I refer you to this post by Fr. Gregory Hallam Orthodoxy and Creationism Part of the problem is an attack by atheists on the Watchmaker view of
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