St. Paisios - Tumblr Posts

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One day, five young men, seeing many people around a monk, approached and began making critical remarks,

"You monks are lazy..."

"You are right," replied the Saint.

"We are vagabonds and anarchists," they continued, "Which is why we have beards and long hair."

"I, too, have a beard and long hair - for Christ. I, too, am a vagabond - but for Christ," he responded.

☦️ from the book St. Paisios the Athonite

“As health comes from bitter medicine, so too does salvation of souls come from bitter experience.”

“So in every tribulation, let us say, ‘Thank you, my God, because this was needed for my salvation.’”

+ St. Paisios the Athonite

For love to grow, it must be given. A person who does not give even the little love that he has is like a foolish farmer who clenches a handful of seeds, unwilling to sow them, and yet expects a harvest.

☦︎ Saint Paisios of Mount Athos