Hmm...

Those Who will Give the Testimony of our Christ will become Awesome Martyrs, Awesome Saints in the other World!

Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona

“It is for this reason that monasticism must stand again on its bastion, on this great strength that it contains in itself.(1)

— Orthodox Ethos (@frpeterheers) December 1, 2020

I have doubts about Elder Aphraim and his movement; to outsiders it might seem like a cult or scam. But the problem of "gerondism" is tied to the prominence given to monks within Byzantine Christianity; can it be said that "gerondism" or another spiritual problem afflects certain monasteries on Mount Athos?

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Remember this one thing, my child—if you don’t forgive, you can forget about Paradise.

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