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3 Jul 2016

The Mark of a Monk


Εἴπε πάλιν, ὅτι Τὸ σνημεῖον τοῦ μοναχοῦ ἐν τοῖς περιασμοῖς φαίνεται.

Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Again Father Poemen said, 'It is the mark of a monk that he appears in the midst of trials.'

Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia

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