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"The brothers said, 'Why is it that the monks are obliged to go around begging for the food and clothes they need, like those who are in the world, although our Lord promised them, saying, ‘Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness, and that of which ye have need shall be given to you’ (Matt. 6:23)?' The old man said, 'This saying is a proof of the wisdom and grace of God toward those who are in the world, for in the majority of cases, the righteousness of the children of this world consists of alms and compassion; but the children of light are righteous people and monks who, in their persons, and in their bodies, and in their thoughts, serve our Lord. And God has made the monks to have need of the children of this world because of His love, so that they may care for each other, and may pray for each other; that is to say, the children of the world must care for the monks and the monks must pray in love for them. And as the children of the world make the monks associates with them in the corporeal things of the world, the monks must make the children of the world to be associates with them in the things of heaven, for our Lord spoke to the children of the world, saying, ‘Make ye to yourselves friends of this mammon of iniquity so that when they have become perfect they may receive you into their tabernacles which are forever.’ (Luke 14:9) "

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Tears

Only the tears of repentance are able to cleanse the soul.

St. Anthimos of Chios

Theotokos

Let us all run to the Panagia in every circumstance to ask her, to have her as our aid.

St. Anthimos of Chios

Judging

Abba Or

Theotokos

The Panagia is the salvation of the whole world, she is the only mother for all Christians… She has much love for the human race, especially for sinners.

St. Anthimos of Chios

Slander

If you have spoken evil of your brother, and you are stricken with remorse, go and kneel down before him and say: 'I have spoken badly of you; let this be my surety that I will not spread this slander any further.' For detraction is death to the soul.

Abba Or

"A monk should practice the virtue of fasting, avoid ensnarement by the passions, and at all times cultivate intense stillness."

St. John of Karpathos, Philokalia: the Complete Text

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