“[...S]hould a monastic family be found in languor, without doubt it can profit from bringing to remembrance and placing its faith in this great truth: our Lord does not desire easy offerings but whole and martyric ones. Profound, real devotion does not end as soon as we walk across the threshold of a monastery and put on the holy Schema. This is just the beginning, our entrance into the arena of battle. [...]In short, the touchstone of genuine commitment to our Lord and God is obedience, which leads to the great sacrifice—with supreme faith in Christ—, to perfect self-abnegation and self-sacrifice, ‘even unto death, the death of the Cross.’” —“II: The Heroic and Martyric Element of Obedience”
CONTENTS
About the Authors About the Translator Preface [from the Greek edition] I The Value of Obedience by Bishop Chrysostomos of Christianoupolis II The Heroic and Martyric Element of Obedience by Archimandrite Cyprian Agiokyprianites
Item Number: BKM380 Publication data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 2003 Format: softcover Number of pages: 21 Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 0.2 cm
