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Symeon the New Theologian was a Tenth-Century Greek monk and ascetic writer. Among his writings, his Hymns are inspiring poetry of timeless value, which challenge the reader to internalize Christian values, even to embrace the Christ event as an individual experience. The Hymns are well suited for devotional reading, but they are not mere devotional tracts; they include time-honored Christian...

230 because You have benevolently wanted to reveal Yourself as approachable among human beings, You Who are unapproachable to seraphim, and cherubim, and to all the angels, and fearful in just a gleam of your divine nature. ‹My soul› is utterly beside herself, and all the more astonished 235 at your goodness and benevolence because You purify defiled souls, and enlighten the mind, and You grasp the earthy and material essence, and You kindle a large flame of divine affection, and like a fire You
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