In this session we continue our study of The Evergetinos, Volume II, picking up Hypothesis 25 (Letter E–F) on purity, chastity, and the remedies for the passion of lust. We walk through powerful accounts from St. Paul of Thebes, the counsel to St. Moses the Ethiopian (Moses the Black), and teaching from St. Maximus the Confessor, St. Mark (the Ascetic), and Abba Mar.

We explore why the Fathers link excess food and sleep to impurity, how fasting, night vigils, prayer, and sobriety of mind heal the heart, and what it means to “repay eros with eros”—answering disordered love with a greater Divine eros for Christ. Along the way we touch on sacramental worldview, the Paschal mystery, and modern witnesses like St. Maria Goretti, plus the practicals: guarding imagination and memory, cultivating hunger for God, and beginning small but steady ascetic steps.

If you’re drawn to the Desert Fathers, Catholic/Orthodox spiritual tradition, or you’re struggling for purity in a hyper-sensual culture, this teaching offers clear, time-tested remedies—and hope rooted in grace, not willpower alone.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro & context — Evergetinos Vol. II, Hypothesis 25
00:55 From gluttony to lust: why the Fathers start with the stomach
02:10 Story: St. Paul of Thebes & heroic chastity (“repay eros with eros”)
06:00 St. Moses the Ethiopian: when asceticism goes too far
09:10 Love of virtue vs. fear of punishment
12:00 On memory, imagination, and guarding the heart
15:10 “Excessive food & sleep”: Abba Mar’s practical diagnosis
18:20 Training for the real battle: fasting, vigils, discipline
22:10 Sacramental worldview & the Cross (Paschal life now)
26:00 St. Mark the Ascetic: fruits of purity (joy, peace, humility)
30:10 St. Maximus: images, prayer with tears, beneficial silence
33:00 How to begin today: small steps, steady desire, grace

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