MANUAL OF CONFESSION FOR SPIRITUAL FATHER – „ΕΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΗΤΑΡΙΟΝ“ BY SAINT NICODEMOS THE HAGIORITE
/DUCHOVNÁ PRÍRUČKA DUCHOVNÍKA – „ΕΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΗΤΑΡΙΟΝ“ SVÄTÉHO NIKODÉMA SVÄTOHORCA/

Stefan SAK

lecturer, Orthodox Theological Faculty, University of Presov in Presov, Masarykova 15, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia, sak.stefan@gmail.com, 00421517724729

Abstract

The Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite is the author of Manual of confession for spiritual Father (confessor) which consists of 38 canons of St. John the Faster and his 17 epitimies located in the manuscripts stored in libraries of Holy Monasteries. The Collection, or rather the Manual, entitled "ΕΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΗΤΑΡΙΟΝ" arose after the St. Nicodemus concerned with the study of works of St. Symeon the New Theologian. Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite enriched these canons by interpretation and by language.

Keywords

Spiritual Father, doctor, therapy, canon, purification, love

(Language: slovak)

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