| GREETING OF THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM |
9 |
| PREFACE |
11 |
| INTRODUCTION |
25 |
PART ONE
HIS LIFE-STORY |
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CHAPTER A
YOUTHFUL YEARS - DIVINE CALL |
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Haralambos' ancestry
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31 |
| The uprooting of Pontos |
32 |
Leonidas' wedding
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33 |
| Leonidas' rescue from a frightening shipwreck |
34 |
| An example of great soberness |
35 |
| About charity and faith |
36 |
| "Around your table" |
37 |
| Migration again to native land |
37 |
| Haralambos at the front of the stage |
38 |
| Proof also of the soberness of young Haralambos |
39 |
| Recreational pass-times |
40 |
| With the old calendar - Most pious and simple Elias, his first teacher |
41 |
| Haralambos' new spiritual problem |
42 |
| Adventures with rebels, captive in Bulgaria (1941) |
43 |
| Amazing rescue by Holy Great Martyr George |
45 |
Return - Leonidas kneeling before the icon stand
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47 |
| The promises |
48 |
| After the capture |
49 |
| Leonidas' death is a holy one - Haralambos, the protector of the family |
49 |
| Imitator of St Dionysios of Aegina |
50 |
| In Drama - The new obstacles |
52 |
CHAPTER B
FIRST STRUGGLES - GREAT SCHEMA MONK - HIEROMONK |
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| Holy Mountain - Caves of Little St Anne, 7-7-1950 |
57 |
| Father Thanasi - The first disheartening impression |
58 |
| The next impressions |
59 |
| Novice Haralambos - First trials |
60 |
| The first drills |
61 |
| Novice Haralambos' first experiences |
64 |
| Desire for God wiped out the desire for parents |
65 |
| The hell of the dark cave is transformed into paradise |
66 |
| Elevation to monastic tonsure and the priesthood |
68 |
| The daily program |
68 |
| The daily struggle of Father Haralambos |
72 |
| Return to the first struggles - Alternative solution |
76 |
| The barrel that could not be lifted; miracle of obedience |
78 |
| Fruit of obedience - Entry to the impenetrability of noetic prayer |
84 |
| An example from another athlete of obedience |
85 |
| Faith in the anadoho Elder is a holy mystery |
88 |
| The tone of the Elder |
90 |
| Last experiences at the huts of Little St Anne |
92 |
CHAPTER C
NEW SKETE - BLESSED REPOSE OF ELDER JOSEPH |
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| To Holy New Skete, 1953-59/1959-67 |
95 |
| The fisherman Barba Johnny and the boat |
96 |
| The blessed end of Elder Joseph (1959) |
100 |
| Father Haralambos, cut off the cares |
101 |
| The relative independence of the members of the brotherhood but how they helped each other |
102 |
| The Elder as a spiritual father |
105 |
| The Elder as a teacher |
109 |
| The Elder's counsels about noetic and unceasing prayer |
113 |
| "Cut off the cares" - The splendid fruit |
117 |
| Clear examples of self-denial |
121 |
| I am the demon of slothfulness |
122 |
| Father Haralambos sees his previously departed Elder in a vision |
123 |
| My first contact - The first members of the brotherhood |
127 |
| Peter, the simple and guileless |
127 |
| The Elder's choices |
131 |
| Awareness of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist - Experiences with Elders of New Skete |
134 |
| The vision of the nourishment of the living - departed |
136 |
| The Elder as a spiritual father of clergy and monks |
138 |
| The mishap of a monk who was not in obedience |
141 |
CHAPTER D
BOURAZERI - HEADING TOWARDS THE HOLY MONASTERIES |
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| To more spacious places |
145 |
| Father Theoklitos - About the book "Conversations on Athos" |
147 |
| With the political administrator of the Holy Mountain |
148 |
| At the Athonite Ecclesiastical Academy |
153 |
Another wondrous incident
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155 |
| With the fiery flame |
157 |
| The palpable presence of in-dwelling grace reflected in the Elder's spiritual children |
159 |
| The deluded ascetic |
161 |
| A lecture about the Holy Mountain - The increase in the number of monks of the Holy Monasteries |
165 |
| Heading from the Chelandarian Bourazeri to the Holy Monasteries |
167 |
Move to the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos (1975)
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168 |
CHAPTER E
ABBOT OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF DIONYSIOU -BLESSED END |
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| Move to the Holy Monastery of Dionysiou |
169 |
| Program |
170 |
| The daily Divine Liturgies |
171 |
| The Elder's work at the Holy Monastery of Dionysiou |
172 |
| Last exams |
176 |
| At the dependency of Monoxilitis |
178 |
| The blessed end |
178 |
| The corpse transferred to the holy church of St Nektarios |
182 |
| Final abode |
182 |
PART TWO
TEACHING |
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CHAPTER A
ABOUT NOETIC PRAYER |
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| Conversations about noetic prayer |
187 |
| First dialogue |
188 |
| Second dialogue |
195 |
| Generally about prayer - Confessions from his children |
200 |
| A brief treatise about noetic prayer |
205 |
| A letter from the Elder to a relative |
227 |
| Victorious against negligence |
229 |
CHAPTER B
ABOUT THE HOLY EUCHARIST |
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| About the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist |
239 |
| The Elder's criteria |
243 |
| And a small conversation about frequent Holy Communion |
250 |
CHAPTER C
ABOUT CHARITY |
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| Charity |
225 |
PART THREE
EXPERIENCES AND TESTIMONIES OF HIS SPIRITUAL CHILDREN |
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| Introduction |
263 |
| Thoughts of His Grace Bishop Christoforos of Andidon |
265 |
| Praise to a righteous man - Consolation for our souls |
267 |
| Who was Father Haralambos for us - The experience of one of his many children |
273 |
EPILOGUE |
283 |
| PRAYER |
285 |
| GLOSSARY |
287 |
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