The Elder lived out the love of the New Testament, and evaluated everything using this love as a criterion. I once talked to him about the moral crisis of our age. A crisis which, with the amazing audio-visual means of telecommunication, has taken on the form of a worldwide epidemic. There has been nothing like it in history in terms of expanse and depth. The Elder agreed sadly, and did not speak. However, as soon as I told him that I was afraid that God might allow harsher punishment, so that we would be brought to our senses, he replied with the words, “No, God does not punish; man punishes himself, by withdrawing from God. It’s, let us say: Here water, there fire. I am free to choose. I put my hand in the water and I’m refreshed; I put it in the fire and I’m burnt.”
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Πληροφορίες γιὰ τοὺς τίτλους τῶν Ἐκδόσεων τοῦ Ἱεροῦ Ἡσυχαστηρίου μπορεῖτε νὰ βρεῖτε ἐδῶ