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In these letters—available in English in their entirety for the first time—St John Chrysostom guides, comforts, and instructs his spiritual daughter, St Olympia. Written at the end of Chrysostom’s life, while he was in his final exile, we see in these pages the unshaken faith of a saint who triumphed over persecution. We also find the words of a concerned spiritual father, who gives St Olympia...

June, 4041 To my Lady, the deaconess Olympia, most venerable and most beloved by God, from John the bishop, greetings in the Lord. [609] 1.A However much we are stretched by our trials, by so much do our consolations increase, giving us firmer hopes for the future. For now everything is flowing along well for us, and we are sailing with fair winds. Who could have foreseen this? Who could have foretold? Reefs and shoals, whirlpools
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