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  1 - The Concept of Heart in the Orthodox Christian Mysticism
  سید نادر محمدزاده
  In this article the concept of "heart", a central doctrine in OrthodoxChristian mysticism, will be studied. Heart is the center of humanexistence, in which all practical, intellectual and voluntary abilities arerooted. The entire spiritual life, and even physical life, More

  In this article the concept of "heart", a central doctrine in OrthodoxChristian mysticism, will be studied. Heart is the center of humanexistence, in which all practical, intellectual and voluntary abilities arerooted. The entire spiritual life, and even physical life, is based on theheart. Therefore, on the one hand, in the body heart is the center ofphysical life, and on the other, it is the center of spiritual life which isinterpreted as "the way" or "path". So according to the Orthodoxmysticism, the spiritual endeavor is a journey to deep heart stage,which is the place of the presence of Trinity. The aim of this journey isto realize the Kingdom of Heavens in the depths of the heart, and toexperience the vision of God and Divine similitude (theosis ordeification). Manuscript profile