http://artoklasia.blogspot.ca/2015/10/b ... icism.html
In general, this is an excellent article. However, it is also a very subtle introduction into Name-Worshiping.
Notice in the phrase, the "Name of God," the word Name is capitalized, which is typically done by Name-Worshipers.
All of the recent HOCNA books have the phrase, "Name of God" capitalized.
Consequently, prayer is a matter of love. Man expresses love through prayer, and if we pray, it is an indication that we love God. If we do not pray, this indicates that we do not love God, for the measure of our prayer is the measure of our love for God. St. Silouan identifies love for God with prayer, and the Holy Fathers say that forgetfulness of God is the greatest of all passions, for it is the only passion that will not be fought by prayer through the Name of God. If we humble ourselves and invoke God's help, trusting in His love, we are given the strength to conquer any passion; but when we are unmindful of God, the enemy is free to slay us.
The title was added for publication on this site. The untitled excerpt is from Chapter 5, "The Building Up of the Heart by Vigilance and Prayer".
From The Hidden Man of the Heart: The Cultivation of the Heart in Orthodox Christian Anthropology, by Archimandrite Zacharias (Waymart, PA: Mount Thabor Publishing, 2008), pp. 66-68. Copyright 2008, The Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex, UK. Posted on 8/9/2008 with the permission of the publisher.
Background information:
Archimandrite Zacharias of Essex was a disciple under Sophrony who published many books advocating Name-Worshiping and who was also a known Name-Worshiper. Sophrony was a disciple of Silouan of Mt. Athos.
Information concerning Silouan of Mt. Athos:
An ardent ascetic, he received the grace of unceasing prayer and saw Christ in a vision. After long years of spiritual trial, he acquired great humility and inner stillness. He prayed and wept for the whole world as for himself, and he put the highest value on love for enemies. Thomas Merton, a twentieth-century Catholic monk, described Silouan as “the most authentic monk of the twentieth century.” St Silouan died on September 24, 1938. He was glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1987.
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Silouan_the_Athonite
