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25 Jun 2019

Jacob And The Monks


Τὸ λέγειν τὸν Ἰακώβ· Ἐὰν δῷ μοι Κύριος ἄρτον φαγεῖν, καὶ ἱμάτιον περιβαλέσθαι, τὴν τῶν μοναχῶν διαγορεύει ζωήν.

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡΟΘ'  Λιμενιῳ Μονακῳ

Source: Migne PG 79 152
When Jacob says, 'If the Lord give to me bread for the eating and a garment to wear,' 1 he clearly declares the life of monks.

Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 179 to Limenius the Monk

1 Gen 28.20

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