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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers - the Alphabetical Collection
- Edited by Benedicta Ward with a preface by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

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These were men and women who had reached a humility of which we have no idea, because it is not rooted in an hypocritical or contrived deprecation of self, but in the vision of God, and a humbling experience of being so loved. They were ascetics, ruthless to themselves, yet so human, so immensely compassionate not only to the needs of men, but also to their frailty and their sins...


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Through the prayers of Abba Anthony the Great and of all our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen
Concepts create idols; only wonder grasps anything.
- St. Gregory of Nyssa
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