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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...

Spring, 405 [598] 1.A It is after having mounted up from the very gates of death that I am writing to Your Moderation [kosmiotēta]. Therefore I am rejoicing greatly that your servants have come to see us now, while we are “anchored in port.” For if they had arrived while I was still being tossed on the sea, suffering from the dreadful waves of my illness, it would not have been easy for me to deceive Your Piety through sending you good news
Pages 131–132
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