“My whole life was a paradise: prayer, worship, handicraft, obedience to my elders. But my obedience was the outcome of love not: coercion. This blessed obedience benefited me greatly. It changed me. I became sharp-witted, quick and stronger in body and soul. It made me know everything. I must glorify God day and night for granting me the possibility of living in this way in this life.”
(Elder Porphyrios in ‘Wounded by Love’)

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