Although the Bible tells what people need to do to reach perfection and earn eternal life, it does not tell how.
Fr Athanasius Iskander borrowed methods and techniques from these Holy Fathers and provided wise instructions on how to practically apply them to the struggles faced by young Orthodox people living in the Twenty First century..
In this university, research was done and experiments were published by many who came to seek the wisdom of those Desert Fathers.
The Desert Fathers made a science out of this quest, that we now call spirituality.
The Egyptian Desert became a university of this quest for perfection.
BORN AGAIN IN BAPTISM, we receive the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, and works in us so that we may reach spiritual perfection, although the Bible tells us what we need to do to reach such perfection and earn Eternal life, it does not tell us how.
Iskander borrowed methods and techniques from the Holy Fathers and provided wise instructions on how to practically apply them to the struggles faced by young Orthodox people living in the 21st century.
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Although the Bible tells what people need to do to reach perfection and earn eternal life, it does not tell how