Thursday 8 August 2013

Spiritual Counsels Of Saint Anthimos Of Chios

Spiritual Counsels Of Saint Anthimos Of Chios
The subsequent spiritual counsels were addressed from Saint Anthimos of Chios (+ February 15, 1960) to his spiritual children, the nuns of the Firm Monastery of Panagia Voithia in Chios, which he founded.

ON Pause


Silence! Pause is good, restrain is guiltless, restrain is shameless. An boss used to say: "As frequently as I spoke, I repented, but for restrain I never repented." Pause is in need atrocity. He who holds restrain is ad infinitum quiet and is blessed. Christ did not bless the long-winded nor the frustrated nor the troublemakers, but blessed the peacemakers, the passive, the long-suffering - these He blessed. A atmosphere who has honor, by way of the a number of specter be found their patience, their tendency, their kindness, their charity, their solemnity. If you acknowledge the fruits of the Cherubic Get, by way of the a number of you specter perform.

ON THE Brains OF OUR WEAKNESSES


Joyful are those who know their job and are humbled, and once more sorry are those who do not know their job, but are high and mighty. Joyful is the atmosphere who knows their disintegrate, having the status of everyday human being is send out to the passions, a number of evil passions, and good is the one who understands this.

THE THREE TYPES OF Lay claim to


There are three types of people: carnal, mental and spiritual. The carnal atmosphere wishes everything of the flesh, seeks rest, loves speak well of, does not need to be derided, does not harvest the acerbic off of their specter, defends himself. The mental once more does not need to do wound, nor do they need to prevail wound. The spiritual atmosphere thinks everything of the spirit, and if they prevail unlawfully they wallow, and if they are derided they are positive.

THE Deliverance OF THE Life-force


I need you to be after and sunstroke for your use. I need you to sunstroke for good feature, to be at ease with sorrows, to wallow with punishments and sufferings. As soon as did we, my sisters, suffer? Somewhere are the callous nails that pierced us? Somewhere is the spear? Somewhere is the cover of thorns? As soon as did they flagellate us or collar on us or did whatsoever to us that they did to Christ? For this disagree, having the status of we acknowledge academic zero from all these stuff, we prerequisite with all of our resilience try to imitate our Guide, having the status of if we are not so Him, we equally specter not sit at the genteel hand of God, as He sat.

ON Enhance FOR THE Life-force


As soon as you acknowledge leniency on the penniless, being you help your fellow citizen, you feature to God. But be aware of me, who is to us our neighboring fellow citizen, that has neediness and asks for mercy? Our meat. Our meat is our fellow citizen. We prerequisite help and be lenient to our meat. We specter acknowledge leniency on this penniless meat with virtues. If you need to acknowledge leniency on your meat, you specter make virtues, you specter be proficient, lowly, long-suffering, a lover of truth, a lover of the brethren, finish, you specter cut off your specter.... As a result of these stuff you specter acknowledge leniency on your meat and lend to God.

ON THE Philosophy OF THE Qualities


As soon as a atmosphere works honor, being they acknowledge eros for God, being they acknowledge a divine burst within their promontory, being they acknowledge the zeal to be liked by God and those with Him, along with they contain everything. He who has love in his promontory, never lies with their oral cavity nor works dangerously. He who has love in his promontory never glances with his eyes to see stuff that does not benefit his meat, and he does not keep a record his ear to capture stuff that are not beneficial.

ON THE Anger THAT TYRANNIZES Lay claim to


Never feature a place to impudence. Never allow a smile to be perplexed from your oral cavity, with joy for all stuff never transient you. The promontory of a gladdened site blossoms. May your promontory be full of pleasure, having the status of being pleasure grass impudence specter come not eat. Anger is the flawless painkilling of care.

Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos.