About Creation, the Fall of Man and Heaven and Hell: St George Monastery

by Elder Cleopa, Anna Skoubourdis (Translator), Monaxi Agapi (Translator)

Father Cleopa, tell us a few words about the creation of the seen and unseen world, according to the teaching of the Holy Fathers. What do Holy Fathers and, especially, the Holy Scripture say about angels and the fall of Adam? What do Holy Fathers say about the seven days of Creation? What can you tell us about Creation and the Creation of man? What else should we know about the human being? What do Holy Fathers teach us about the nine chords of angels? What do we know about heaven, according to the Holy Scripture and Holy Fathers? Where the location of heaven and hell, and what is their origin? What is the number of fallen angels, according to the Holy Scripture and the Holy Fathers? Where do the devils stay until the Last Judgment, and why are they allowed to lead people into temptation and down the path of perdition? Why has man fallen from heaven? Out of pride, disobedience, or devil’s deceit? What would have happened to Adam if Adam didn’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but the tree of life? How would humankind have multiplied, and what would have been Adam’s fate if he didn’t sin in heaven? How should we live on earth to redeem ourselves for the original sin committed by Adam in heaven? What is the first law given to man in heaven? Tell us a few words about Patriarch Abraham and his descendants. How did he become “the father of many nations”? Tell us a bit about Noah and his descendants. "Two rational human passions have contributed to Adam’s fall – pride and gluttony. By falling, Adam didn’t lose all the grace of God, for he fell due to the devil's temptation. Thus, the grace and handsel of salvation remained in man, for his mistake was out of ignorance, and he wears an earthly body. Only from those who forsake God, will the grace of the Holy Spirit be taken, which can still be received through repentance. And those who sin out of ignorance keep the grace, although it is covered in sins. This is why Adam’s woman was called Eve, meaning Life, not death, because he didn’t fall completely like the devil, and because through the second Eve, which is the Mother of God, humankind will be saved. "

23 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 14, 2020