Given the increasing number of celebrity suicides attributed to depression, it is appropriate to learn more about the causes of depression when it is not simply a result of a physical condition. This non-physical depression among the desert fathers of Orthodox Church carries the designation, "despondency". Back in April last year, Fr. John Whiteford preached a well-referenced sermon on our digression toward despondency and the means to correction and restoration to the joy of Christ. You can find it here:
http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/amvon/despondency
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