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Stillness Of The Heart

Plus, a letter from a reader who left occultism after two decades

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Still shot from US documentary about Romanian hesychasm

Here is a fantastic bit from the Orthodox priest Father Stephen Freeman, who writes a great blog called Glory To God For All Things. This is taken from a blog post at his site, one titled, “Into the Heart of the Capitol”. He mentions his father-in-law, a devout Southern Baptist, who would respond p…

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