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Letters from the Desert: A Selection of Questions and Responses is unavailable, but you can change that!

Dive into the letters of two monastic elders: the “Great Old Man,” Barsanuphius, and the “Other Old Man,” John, who lived in the southern region around Gaza during the early part of the sixth century. Maintaining strict seclusion within their cells, they spoke to others only through letters by way of Abba Seridos, the abbot of the monastic community in Gaza. John’s authority was more...

afflictions” (2 Cor 6:4), and in illnesses and respites alike. Hold, therefore, on to God, and he will stay with you, and give you strength in his name; for his is the glory to the ages. 48. When the Abbot13 delayed for some reason in bringing him14 the above reply, he blamed him strongly, causing the former great disheartenment. And when some of the brothers, who were being attended to for their sickness, spoke to him about certain matters which were being done idly
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