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Metropolitan Athanasios: Seeing God begins in this life through heart purification
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol teaches that those who have purified their hearts from passions and sin will see God. This vision does not wait until after death; it begins in the present life with intensity and power that extinguishes the power of sin and passions and draws the whole person into the love of God. After death the vision becomes stronger, more perfect, and clearer.
The metropolitan explains that this experience comes about when a person enters the therapeutic regimen of the Church. That path consists of spiritual struggle, repentance for mistakes and sins, prayer, and living within the holy mysteries of the Church. The post presents the metropolitan's words as a direct statement of Orthodox spiritual anthropology: the heart's purification opens the capacity to know God now, and the Church's sacramental and ascetic life is the means given for that purification.
Key moments
- Those with pure hearts from passions and sin will see God.
- The vision of God begins in this life, not only after death.
- After death the vision becomes more powerful, perfect, and clear.
- The experience of God in this life is intense and has power that extinguishes the power of sin and passions.
- This experience exercises the whole person in the love of God.
- This occurs when a person enters the therapeutic regimen of the Church.
- The path includes spiritual struggle, repentance for mistakes and sins, prayer, and living in the holy mysteries of the Church.