Infants And Angels

Ἔλεγον οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τοῦ ἀββᾶ Ποιμένος αὐτῷ· Ἀπέλθωμεν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου τούτου· ὀχλοῦσι γὰρ τὰ μοναστήρια τοῦ τόπου τούτου ἡμῖν, καὶ ἀπόλλυμεν τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν· ἰδοὺ καὶ τὰ παιδία κλαίοντα οὐκ ἀφίουσιν ἡμᾶς ἡσυχάσαι. Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ ἀββᾶς Ποιμήν· Διὰ τὰς φωνὰς τῶν ἀγγέλων θέλετε ἀναχωρῆσαι ἔνθεν. Ἀποφθεγματα Των Ἁγίων Γερόντων, Παλλαδιος Source: Migne PG 65.360c

The brothers of father Poemen said to him, 'Let us withdraw from this place, for the monasteries here trouble us and we are losing our souls. Behold, even the little children crying out do not let us have any peace.' Father Poemen said to them, 'Because of the voices of angels you wish to go away from here?' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia