Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors and the Holy Fathers

accusations

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The man who endures accusations against himself with humility has arrived at perfection. He is marvelled at by the holy angels, for there is no other virtue so great and so hard to achieve. St Isaac of Syria

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"Good and God-loving men accuse people of something bad when they are present, but when they are absent they not only refrain from accusing them, but do not permit others to do so when they attempt to speak of them." >From St. Anthony the Great (170 Texts on Saintly Life no. 30) REF:Fr Seraphim Rose, "Letters"

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