He was always upset to see a plump young man, and even more so when he saw a well-fed monk, because fat doesn’t sit well inside the angelic habit. Elder Paisios, writing about Elder Tychon.
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The lightness of being (in the angelic habit)
Posted in Elder Paisios, Elder Tychon, monasticism, tagged Elder Paisios, Elder Tychon, monasticism on 1, February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Measuring up
Posted in Elder Paisios, martyrs, tagged health, Holy Fathers, martyrs on 13, January, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If I asked him ‘How’s your health doing?’ he would answer: ‘Well, thank God. I don’t suffer at all, compared with the holy martyrs, just as I have done nothing, compared with the holy fathers’ Elder Paisios of Mt. Athos writing of Father Savvas of the Monastery of Esphigmenou
The Holy Mountain
Posted in Elder Paisios, St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, tagged Athos on 22, May, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Apropos to Matt’s return from pilgrimage to Mt. Athos we’ll offer a little wisdom from said mountain. Who is going to speak about your struggle, blessed Fathers; Who is going to praise worthily the deeds of your asceticism? Who is going to praise the temperance of your mind? your unceasing prayer your sufferings to gain [...]
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