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Daily Ladder of Divine Ascent

Welcome to The Ladder of Divine Ascent, read by Fr David McCready. St John Climacus, the sixth century abbot of the Holy Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai, compared the spiritual life to a ladder of thirty steps, and explained in detail the challenges presented by each of them. This spiritual classic has brought inspiration and edification to every generation since that time. Read every year during Great Lent in monastic refectories, this book has been treasured by both monastics and fervent Christians for centuries. Visit our podcast, THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN TEACHING PODCAST DIRECTORY on Apple Podcasts or Spotify for the titles and links for all our podcasts.

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    39. STEP 2.12: If Young People are Prone to the Desires

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    38. STEP 2.11: if Anyone Thinks He is Without Attachment to Some Object

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    37. STEP 2.10: After Our Renunciation

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    36. STEP 2.9: No-one Will Enter the Heavenly Bridal Chamber Wearing a Crown Unless …

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    35. STEP 2.8: Let Us Pay Close Attention to Ourselves

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    34. STEP 2.7: The Man Who Has Escaped Sorrow

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    33. STEP 2,6: it is Worth Investigating

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    32. Step 2.5: Having Resolved to Run our Race with Ardour and Fervour

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    31. Step 2,4: Let Us Listen to What the Lord Said to the Young Man

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    30. Step 2.3: After Our Renunciation of the World

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    29. Step 2.2: After Our Call which Comes from God

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    28. Step 2.1: On Detachment

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    27. Step 1.27: So Who is a Faithful and Wise Monk?

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    26. Step 1.26: The Whole Monastic State Consists of Three Specific Kinds of Establishment

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    25. Step 1.25: Those Who Have Really Determined to Serve Christ

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    24. Step 1.24: Offer to Christ the Labours of Your Youth

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    23. Step 1.23: The Lord Decidedly Makes Easy the Battles of Beginners

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    22. Step 1.22: Let Us Charge into the Good Fight with Joy and Love

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    21. Step 1.21: Some People, Living Carelessly in the World

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    20. Step 1.20: If an Earthly King Were to Call Us

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    19. Step 1.19: Let No-One, by Appealing to the Weight and Multitude of His Sins

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    18. Step 1.18: Let Us Not Even Abhor or Condemn the Renunciation Due Merely to Circumstances

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    17. Step 1.17: Those Who at Once from the Very Outset Follow the Virtues

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    16. Step 1.16: In the Very Beginning of Our Renunciation

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    15. Step 1.15: Let Us Eagerly Run Our Course

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    14. Step 1.14: Some Build Bricks Upon Stones

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    13. Step 1.13: The Man Who Renounces the World in Fear

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    12. Step 1.12: When the Soul Betrays Itself

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    11. Step 1.11: To Lag in the Fight at the Very Outset of the Struggle

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    10. Step 1.10: Those Who Enter This Contest Must Renounce All Things

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    9. Step 1,9: All Who Enter Upon the Good Fight

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    8. Step 1.8: Those Who Aim at Ascending with the Body to Heaven

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    7. Step 1.7: Those of Us Who Wish to Go out from Egypt

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    6. Step 1.6: The Man Who Has Withdrawn from the World

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    5. Step 1.5: All Who Have Willingly Left the Things of the World

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    4. Step 4.1: The Irreligious Man is a Mortal Being

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    3. Step 1.3: God Belongs to All Free Beings

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    2. Step 1.2: Each of the Classes Mentioned Above

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    1. Step 1.1: Our God and King is Good

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Welcome to The Ladder of Divine Ascent, read by Fr David McCready. St John Climacus, the sixth century abbot of the Holy Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai, compared the spiritual life to a ladder of thirty steps, and explained in detail the challenges presented by each of them. This spiritual classic has brought inspiration and edification to every generation since that time. Read every year during Great Lent in monastic refectories, this book has been treasured by both monastics and fervent Christians for centuries. Visit our podcast, THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN TEACHING PODCAST DIRECTORY on Apple Podcasts or Spotify for the titles and links for all our podcasts.

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