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10 Aug 2014

A Change of Clothing

᾽Ελεγον περι αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ὥσπερ οὐδεις παλατιου ἐφορει βελτιονα αὐτοῦ ἐσθητα· οὐτως οὐδε εις τὴν ᾽Εκκλησιαν εὐτελεστεραν τις αὐτοῦ ἐφορει. 

᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

They said about Arsenius that just as no one in the imperial palace was clothed in raiment surpassing his, so now no one in the church was clothed so vilely.

Sayings of the Fathers, Palladius of Galatia

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