Orthodox Christian Teaching

Daily Ladder of Divine Ascent

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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...

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17. Step 1.17: Those Who at Once from the Very Outset Follow the Virtues 19.02.2026 0:30

16. Step 1.16: In the Very Beginning of Our Renunciation 18.02.2026 0:40

15. Step 1.15: Let Us Eagerly Run Our Course 17.02.2026 1:13

14. Step 1.14: Some Build Bricks Upon Stones 13.02.2026 0:26

13. Step 1.13: The Man Who Renounces the World in Fear 11.02.2026 0:32

12. Step 1.12: When the Soul Betrays Itself 10.02.2026 0:34

11. Step 1.11: To Lag in the Fight at the Very Outset of the Struggle 09.02.2026 0:28

10. Step 1.10: Those Who Enter This Contest Must Renounce All Things 06.02.2026 0:57

9. Step 1,9: All Who Enter Upon the Good Fight 05.02.2026 0:43

8. Step 1.8: Those Who Aim at Ascending with the Body to Heaven 04.02.2026 1:17

7. Step 1.7: Those of Us Who Wish to Go out from Egypt 30.01.2026 1:14

6. Step 1.6: The Man Who Has Withdrawn from the World 29.01.2026 0:58

5. Step 1.5: All Who Have Willingly Left the Things of the World 28.01.2026 0:30

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4. Step 4.1: The Irreligious Man is a Mortal Being 27.01.2026 1:47

3. Step 1.3: God Belongs to All Free Beings 26.01.2026 0:43

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2. Step 1.2: Each of the Classes Mentioned Above 23.01.2026 1:01

1. Step 1.1: Our God and King is Good 21.01.2026 2:07

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