WITH PAIN AND LOVE FOR CONTEMPORARY MAN

Biographical Note 11 Preface 13 Introductory Remarks From the Elder's Counsels 25 PART ONE SIN and THE DEVIL CHAPTHR ONΕ It Is Fashionable to Sin 45 CHAPTER TWO These Days the Devil Is Roaming Free 52 CHAPTER THREE The Secular Spirit 70 CHAPTER FOUR Injustice Is a Great Sin 87 CHAPTER FIVE Bless and Do Not Curse 105 CHAPTΕR SIX Sin Brings Calamities 118 PART TWO MODERN CIVILIZATION CHAPTER ONΕ God's Wisdom and the Environment 135 CHAPTER TWO In the Era of Comforts There Is so Much Discomfort 152 CHAPTER THREE Simplify Your Life to Avoid Anxiety 167 CHAPTER FOUR External Noise and Internal Peace 189 CHAPTER FIVE Too Many Worries Will Distance Us From God 203 PART THREE THE SPIRIT OF GOD and THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD CHAPTER ONE Secular Education and Knowledge 221 CHAPTER TWO Rationalism in Our Times 244 CHAPTER THREE The New Generation 258 CHAPTER FOUR Impudence and Lack of Respect 284 CHAPTER FIVE Internal Disorder and External Appearance 301 PART FOUR THE CHURCH IN OUR TIMES CHAPTER ONE Education 321 CHAPTER TWO The Clergy and the Church 339 CHAPTER THREE Feasts and Holidays 368 CHAPTER FOUR The Orthodox Tradition 380 INDEX Scriptural Index 403 General Index 405