THE EFFECT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT’S GRACE ON THE HUMAN ACCORDING TO TEACHING OF THE SAINT MACARIUS THE GREAT
/PÔSOBENIE BLAHODATE SVÄTÉHO DUCHA NA ČLOVEKA PODĽA UČENIA SVÄTÉHO MAKÁRIA EGYPTSKÉHO/

Stefan PRUZINSKY

lecturer, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Presov in Presov, Masarykova 15, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia, stefan.pruzinsky@unipo.sk, 00421517724729

Abstract

The article deals with the study of characteristic features of the teaching of the St. Macarius of Egypt about the influence and effects of the Holy Spirit's grace on man and the possibility of its perception by the human soul. Emphasis is placed on the specific view of St. Macarius of Christianity as a living community of believers with God or as a beverage and food for the preservation of the spiritual life and the being of man.

Keywords

St. Macarius the Great, Egypt, Mercy, Holy Spirit, Christianity

SUMMARY

We can conclude the most important conclusion that comes from the teachings of Saint Macariah of Egypt on the effect of the beneficial of the Holy Spirit in man and that "Christianity is food and drink" [6] in the spiritual sense of the word. The more a person becomes saturated with sweetness, the more he desires it. He runs away from all the futile and sinful in this world, just as a very thirsty man in the desert runs away from those who want to disturb him or even hinder him from drinking fresh water from a pure spring. Nevertheless, trials, temptations, and sorrows continue on this journey. God permits them because our nature is very susceptible to becoming proud after becoming as successful as possible and thus becoming evil and unbearable to all. God keeps us in constant trials and worries, and in order to overcome them we need to dwell constantly in ascension and wakefulness, [8] to learn humility, to see our deficiencies, and not to see foreign sins. This is the only way that our path of acquiring a good life can continue uninterrupted and successful. Christianity is a great feast, a wedding prepared by God for men, and Christian spiritual life is a service to these people. This confirms the social character of Christian faith and spirituality and the fact that without daily service to people it is impossible to obtain God's grace and lasting communion with God, which alone can feed the natural hunger and thirst of our soul for God. While in the words of Saint Nicholas Velimirovich, after committing sin, man is even more hungry and thirsty for another sin and nothing more, after experiencing the grace of God, he longs forever, yet still, to some extent, at the same time he is saturated and fulfilled with true life.

(Language: slovak)

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