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The complete text of the Letters of Barsanuphius and John appears here in English for the first time. John Chryssavgis’s faithful and deft translation brings vividness and freshness to the wisdom of a distant world, ensuring its accessibility to contemporary readers. Addressed to local monastics, lay Christians, and ecclesiastical leaders, these remarkable questions and responses (850 of them)...

Brother, listen to me who loves you in Christ Jesus. In regard to the cell, our Lord Jesus Christ said: “The hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live. For just as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted the Son to have life in himself.”160 And I, too, say to you that the time has come for you to enter [the way of stillness] with the help of God. Establish your new cell, and enter with God as your guide. And
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