Repentance…is not simply the opening of the gate of the soul – which in any case already took place when Divine Grace opened up the subconscious, manifesting that which was hidden – but rather the opening of the gate of heaven.

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Heaven opens up and God descends.

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Elder Aemilianos of Simonopetra

the way of the spirit

p. 30

The Nativity – in the manger of the heart