The Generation Gap

Εἶπε πὰλιν, ὅτι ὁ θεος οὐκ ἀφίει τοὺς πολέμους ἐπι τὴν γενεὰν ταύτην, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων. Οἶδε γὰρ ὅτι ἀσθενεῖς εἰσι καὶ οὐ βαστάζουσιν.  ᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος Source: Migne PG 65 84

Again Father Anthony said, 'God does not allow such combats to fall on this generation as he did those of old. He knows that this generation is weak and would not be able to endure.' Sayings of the Fathers, Palladius of Galatia