

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Despondency and the Spiritual Life
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 02 Jul, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: ? Adult Education: Despondency and the Spiritual Life
? Wednesday, July 2
⏰ Talk at 7:00pm | Akathist to St. John of San Francisco beforehand at 6:00pm
? Holy Trinity Orthodox Church

Join us for our next adult education session as Dn. Evan Ashmore presents Despondency and the Spiritual Life.

In this talk, Dn. Evan will draw from the Church’s spiritual tradition to delve into the affliction of despondency, described by St. John Climacus as “a paralysis of soul” and “the gravest of the vices.”

We’ll reflect on how this spiritual heaviness—referred to by the fathers as the “noonday devil” from Psalm 90—can hinder our life of prayer, focus, and hope, and how the Church’s wisdom helps us recognize and respond to it.

Come for the Akathist service, and stay for a thoughtful and timely talk.
All are welcome.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/state-college/despondency-and-the-spiritual-life/200028389038657
- **Event Categories**: spiritual
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: State College
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 119 S Sparks St, State College, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16801
- **lat**: 40.78881
- **long**: -77.86795
- **full address**: 119 S Sparks St, State College, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16801

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (https://allevents.in/org/holy-trinity-orthodox-church/17483477)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 02 Jul, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 119 S Sparks St, State College, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16801
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** spiritual
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Despondency and the Spiritual Life ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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