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Many laypeople have attempted to read the great spiritual classic, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, but have been frustrated in attempting to apply the lessons of this monastic text to their everyday lives in the world. In Thirty Steps to Heaven, Archimandrite Vassilios interprets the ladder for the ordinary Christian without sacrificing any of its beauty and power. Now you too can accept the...

doing so. Rather, it means that given the choice between all these and Christ, we choose Christ: “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.” (Matt. 10:37–38) But let us not forget that, for most of us, it is through these blessings that we learn to love Christ. If the monastery is the arena for the spiritual training (ascesis) of the
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