The Most Foolish of Men: THEOPHAN

06 March 2006

THEOPHAN

Say, wait a second: If there's an icon of you, are you reclusive enough to be called "the Recluse"?

Well, I guess that's kind of unfair of me...

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woodchvck said...: WHOOOOOOO!!! THEOPHAN THE RECLUSE, BABY!! he's definitely the most bad-ass modern recluse the Christian East has to offer, in my humble opinion. now all we need is a post on Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain, which MIGHT be appropriate for the Holy Blog of the Perpetual Recreation, as the name was partially inspired by his, but well, you know...i'll try to stick to our favorite cenobitic hermits, the boys in white serge.; 3/07/2006 12:09 AM
Emmanuyil said...: It seems it's possible to be more reclusive when one is on a holy mountain (although you would think that a holy mountain would draw a lot of visitors) than when you are just "reclusive" in general. The only picture i can find of our friend Nicodemos, is the one on the cover of the "Western Classics of Spirituality" book I have.

So maybe your blog name won't draw many visitors because the Perpetual Recreation SEEMS to be the kind of thing that would be attractive, when actually (and who knew) "the Reclusive Blog" would have been the better bet. Heck, people would have made all sorts of special icons and stuff for THAT blog.
I guess people just have to go sticking there noses in what's supposed to be secret and hidden because they just can't stand not be in on it.; 3/08/2006 10:08 PM

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:7)

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding. What hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof, When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody? Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb: When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands? I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors: And i said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break the swelling waves. Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place? And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it? The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment: From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken. Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep? Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors? Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things? Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness: That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof. Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and dist thou know the number of thy days? Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of hail: Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war? By what way is light spread, and heat divided upon the earth? Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder: That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth: That it should fill the desert and the desolate land, and should bring forth green grass? Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew? Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it? The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed. Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus? Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the vening star to rise upon the children of the earth? Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth? Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightinings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are? Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who hath gave the cock understanding? Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep? When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together? Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps, When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes? Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat? (Job 38:2-41)

Stat Crux Dum Volvitur Orbis

In heaven they honor and praise him; on earth we find curious busybodies.

~ St. John Chrysostom

[I]f a man during prayer is not intent on what profits his soul, but would rather that God should fall in with the emotional uncertainties of his own mind, he is truly like a silly battalogos, who prays that God should become a willing servant of his own crazy ideas.

~ St. Gregory of Nyssa

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Order my steps in thy word, and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me.

O delivery me from the wrongful dealings of men, and so shall I keep thy commandments.

Show the light of thy countenance upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise, O Lord, that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.

I. 1. Маріє, Діво Чистая,

Пресвятая Богородице;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

2. Царице, Мати, Діво,

Руно всепокривающеє;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

3. Превишшая Небесних сил,

Нетварноє Сіяніє;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

4. Ликов дівичих радосте

І Ангелов превишшая;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

5. Небес Честная Сило

І Світе паче всіх світов;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

6. Честнійшая Владичице

Всіх Небесних воїнств;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

II. 1. Всіх праотцев Надеждо,

Пророков Ісполненіє;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

2. В подвизіх Ти помоще,

Кивоте Бога Слова,

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

3. Ти дівам Ликованіє

І матерем Отрадо;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

4. Ціломудрія Наставнице,

Душ наших Очищеніє;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

5. Покрове, ширший облака,

І страждущих пристанище;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

6. Немощних Покров і Заступнице,

Надеждо ненадежних;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

III. 1. Маріє, Мати Христа,

Істиннаго Бога;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

2. Ааронов Жезле прозябший,

Сосуде тихой радости;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

3. Всіх сирих і вдов Утішеніє,

В бідах і скорбех Помоще;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

4. Священная і Непорочная,

Владичице всепітая;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

5. Приклони ко мні милосердіє

Божественнаго Сина;

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

6. Ходатайце спасенія,

Припадая, взиваю Ти:

Радуйся, Невісто неневістная.

The Most Foolish of Men

06 March 2006

THEOPHAN

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If it happens that I do not become a monk, here are some possible son/daughter names:

Boys

Bohomyr

Seraphym

Athanasius

Theodosius

Theodore

Damian

Innocent

Adrian

Lubomyr

Clement

Gregory

Dorian

Lawrence

Cyril

Tobias

Methodius

Benedict

Sebastian

Sylvester

Lev

Macarius

Cassian

Hilarion

Elisha

Onuphrius

Irenaeus

Nazar

Anthony

Ephrem

Sophronius

Meletius

Girls

Bohdanna

Katherina

Natalia

Ivanna

Sophia

Andrea

Anna

Julianna

Benedicta

Antonia

Adrianna

Susanna