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1 Nov 2014

Silence And The Stone

Ἐλεγον περὶ τοῦ ἀββᾶ Ἀγάθωνος, ὅτι τρία ἔτη ἐποίησεν, ἔχων λίθον εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, ἔως οὖ κατώρθωσε τὸ σιωπᾷν

Ἀποφθέγματα Ἀγίων Γερόντων, Παλλάδιος Γαλατίας

Source: Migne PG 65.113b
They say concerning Father Agathon that for three years he carried a stone in his mouth until he mastered silence.

Sayings of the Fathers, Palladius of Galatia

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