Category Orthodox History

Studies on Orthodox history, hesychasm, the Russian diaspora, ROCOR, the Philokalia, canonical ruptures, and the living transmission of Tradition.

Historical Map

Orthodox History

Studies on the transmission of Orthodoxy through time: hesychasm, the Russian diaspora, ROCOR, the Philokalia, canonical ruptures, and continuity of Tradition.

Start Here The Burning Bush of Antim Monastery

A major Romanian episode of twentieth-century hesychasm, where culture, monasticism, and the prayer of the heart meet.

Why Not All Philokalias Are the Same: A Map of Translations, Disciples, and What Was Lost Along the Way

Why Not All Philokalias Are the Same: A Map of Translations, Disciples, and What Was Lost Along the Way

On the shelves of Orthodox bookshops today you can find several different Philokalias — in Greek, in Russian, in Romanian, in English. They are not identical. This article maps the living lines of transmission — from St. Paisius Velichkovsky at Neamț, through St. Theophan the Recluse, to Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae — and explains what each editor added, omitted, filtered, or restored, and why it matters for the reader today.