The Substack page of Addison Hodges Hart. A page primarily concerned with the interior and ascetical life of the Orthodox (and classical) Christian Tradition.
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“Unceasing Prayer”: ten retreat conferences with Fr. Cassian Folsom
Back in August, I published a post that included audio recordings from a retreat given in 2013 for the monks of St. Benedict Abbey in Still River, Massachusetts. In retrospect, I believe I should have provided links to all ten parts of the...
Simon of Cyrene
A post for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The short reflection below is an adaptation – very much reworked – of a chapter taken from my book, Silent Rosary (Wipf & Stock, 2021), which was written in collaboration with my wife, Solrunn Ne...
The Gospel of Thomas and its Pachomian monastic background
An excerpt from “Four Gospels, Four Hearts, One Lord”
What follows appeared as an appendix in my most recent book, Four Gospels, Four Hearts, One Lord: Reading Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in Context (Angelico Press, 2025). Pseudo-mystica...
Psalm 23 (22) as our spiritual itinerary
A walk-through with the Good Shepherd
When the Church reads her Scriptures, she does so within the context of her Tradition (“capital-T,” as is often said, to distinguish it from local and time-bound “traditions”). This is because the Orth...
Two biographical video series: St. Paisios the Athonite and St. Teresa of Ávila
Not long ago, I recommended a Greek television series about the life of Saint Paisios the Athonite. At the time, only the first season was available online with English subtitles. Now Season 2 is available as well, also with subtitles, and...
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