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21 Jan 2015

Receiving Praise


Ἐλεγε πάλιν, ὅτι ἐπαινούμενον, δεῖ λογίζεσθαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐννοείν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἄξιος τῶν λεγομένων. 

᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Father Jacob said that on being praised one should take thought of one's faults and think that one is not worth being spoken of.

Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia

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