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Here you will find a variety of extracts of articles written by various authors.
Discernment Of The Fathers
A certain brother came to Abba Arsenius, and said to him, “My thoughts trouble me, and say, you can't fast and you are not...
The Great Abba Shenoute
“There is a man in the south of Egypt called Shenoute. Whatever he says truly comes to pass.”
- St Wissa
When contemplating on the lives...
Causes For The Abandonment Of God
Perhaps the single most all-encompassing text of Evagrius on abandonment is found in the Gnostikos. Its presence in that particular work shows that understanding...
Miracles Of St Basil
The Commemoration of the Miracle performed by St. Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, Cappadocia.
A young man, who loved his master's daughter, Satan, his enemy and...
Monastic Life As Spiritual Martyrdom
By the time of St. Athanasius (295-373) the concept of spiritual martyrdom had become fairly uniform and definite. From the first remarks of St....
Discipleship is the Secret of Strength in Monasticism
One of the fathers said: “The secret of the strength and flourishing of monasticism in the early centuries was the system discipleship followed. The...
Sit In Your Cell And It Will Teach You All Things
The cell was regarded in the apophthegms as a specific space where one lived and followed a particular praxis that suited the monastic. The...
St Antony’s Vision Concerning The Forgiveness Of His Sins
For once, when about to eat, having risen up to pray about the ninth hour, he perceived that he was caught up in the...
Martyrdom of John of Phanidjoit – 13th Century
The text tells us about a probably young Upper-Egyptian man, who was a merchant of imported women's fabrics. His extensive contacts with Moslems, especially...
Monks and the Fear of God
The Coptic monk is one who, above all, abides in the presence of God. Whereas, it may happen that a member of the laity...
