Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this recording, Archimandrite Athanasios Mytilinaios (1927–2006) answers a fundamental question: "How can we overcome our fear of death?" He explains why ancient philosophy was born from man's fear of mortality, highlights the historic paradox of Marcus Aurelius persecuting Christians, and reveals how Christ’s Descent into Hades transformed the afterlife and freed believers from the fear of the grave.

Romanian translation by Elena Dinu
Audio source: “Answers to questions", no. 6 (in Greek), October 20th, 1985: https://arnion.gr/index.php/diafora-uemata/pantiseis-pori-n-katixitiko

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