On Envy and Despondency. Priest Daniel Sysoev

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Booklet 9 of 12 from a series of talks given by Priest Daniel Sysoev entitled “How to Inherit Eternal Life.”

The sin of envy is one of the three sins belonging to Satan himself. The apostle Paul says that there is no place for an envious person in the Kingdom of God. No other passion so destructive to a person is spawned in the human soul. Despondency—or, as it is called in the world, depression—is a sin that is very widespread today and a great boon to the pharmaceutical industry. Yet from Holy Scripture we know that one sign of the end times will be a rise in this pernicious passion. In this booklet you will find the antidote for these two passions.

God’s Love and God’s Will
The Divine Names
How Does God Rule the World?
On Fear of God and Good Works
On Meekness and Freedom from Anger
On Internal and External Prayer
Spirit, Soul, and Body
On Gluttony and Avarice
On Envy and Despondency
How We Should View the Government
Orthodox Upbringing of Children
The Resurrection of the Dead