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Two philosophers who visited Anthony

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Administrator

“Why are you dragging me back, O rising sun, from the brilliance of the one true light!” Continue reading →

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Two Monks Travelling

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Administrator

However blameworthy their original decision may have been, one of them, guided by discretion, can be seen to have put right what he started foolishly. Continue reading →

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An Old Man called Heron

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Administrator

He would have run much less risk of falling if he had only practised the wisdom of discretion. Continue reading →

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Which Virtue?

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Administrator

Which virtue or monastic observance could keep a monk unharmed from the attacks of the devil, and surely carry him by assured means on the right path to God? Continue reading →

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In Search For Humility

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Administrator

After a little while the desire for lowliness arose in him once more, and in the silence of the night he fled not just to a neighbouring province but to lands completely unknown to him. Continue reading →

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How To Conduct Ourselves At Feasts

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Administrator

The one instrument of peace, the Word alone by which we honor God, is what we employ. Continue reading →

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The marvellous patience of abba Mutius

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Administrator

His faith, obedience and devotion were instantly accepted by God…..For it was revealed to the senior almost immediately that what he had done was to fulfill the obedience of Abraham (Genesis 28.) Continue reading →

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They Meditate Constantly

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Administrator

“They keep to their manual work privately in their cells without ceasing, but not so as to neglect their study of the psalms or other parts of Scripture.” Continue reading →

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Whenever they reproach you

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Administrator

Wherein the very things which all others flee from, these He declares to be desirable Continue reading →

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The Persecuted for Righteousness

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Administrator

“The man who has truly received the faith…looks not to the things he has left behind, but to those that come hereafter. Continue reading →

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