How we, in the critical hour, overcome ourselves in matters of anger, judgment, jealousy, complaining, competition, rejection, and many other such vices which fall under the umbrella of pride.

Book 1: The contagion of the worldly spirit in spiritual life In this first book of the series, Elder Symeon points out that, in our times, the most dangerous thing of all is the worldly spirit, which each person has within himself and which serves his ego. This contagion of the worldly spirit, which has…