Sayings of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos

[Mary Naeem]

Sayings of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos

“The time has now come for the prophecy of St. Anthony the Great to become reality: ‘A time will come when men will go mad. If someone is logical, they will call him crazy’. And this, simply because he won’t be like them”.

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“Fools for Christ have a great deal of humility, as well as something unique that sets them apart from the other Saints. Because of this, they learn the secrets of God. In the past, one would see a lot of them here, on Athos (…)”.