In this season, we will discuss how to overcome sinful passions with heavenly virtues using Thirty Steps to Heaven by Fr. Vassilios Papavassiliou, a spiritual manual based on The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus.

In this episode, I share where I’ve been, what’s been stirring in my heart, and why this season is all about the real spiritual battle—not just casting out darkness, but becoming holy through everyday choices.

We will discuss:

💥 Why the true spiritual war happens inside of us

💥 How to fight the passions (like pride, anger, and lust)

💥 The beauty of growing in virtues (like humility, patience, and chastity)

🔔 Subscribe and join me each week as we climb this ladder together—step by step, passion by passion, virtue by virtue.

📖 Find the show notes here 👉 https://www.michaelanikolaenko.com/podcast/overcoming-the-passions-with-virtues-podcast

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🕒 Timestamps:

00:00:00-00:29 Intro

00:29-2:56 Overview of Season 5

2:56-4:35 My Journey

4:35-7:03 The "Passions"

7:03-8:43 The "Virtues"

8:43-9:48 Closing