Τῆς σαρκὸς τὸ σκίρτημα, καὶ τὴν αἰσχρὰν ἔφεσιν, τῷ τῆς νηστείας ἰμάντι μαστιξαντες, καὶ τῷ λόγῳ πείσωμεν ἡσυχάζειν. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡΞΗ´, Σωφρονι Τριβουνῳ Source: Migne PG 79.149b |
The exaltation of the flesh and the shameful urge is disciplined with the whip of fasting, even by this use of reason we persuade it to enter into silence. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 168 to Sophronius the Tribune |
State super vias et videte et interrogate de semitis antiquis quae sit via bona et ambulate in ea et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris
24 Feb 2023
Fasting And Silence
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