Гимн 17. Соединение Всесвятого Духа с очищенными душами происходит с ясным чувством, то есть сознанием; и в которых (душах) это бывает, те Он соделывает подобными Себе, световидными и светом 197 .

The invisible is very far removed from the visible And from creatures - He who made them at first, Equally from perishable is imperishable and from darkness is light. The confusion of these (natures) occurred when God descended (to earth). For then my Savior united the distant ones. But the blind do not see this unity, and the dead They say they don't feel it at all, But they think that they live and see, oh, extreme madness! Not believing, they say that no one has experienced this Did not know or feel, (i.e.) did not see in a sensual way; We only hear about this and learn in words. But, O my Christ, teach me what to say to them about this, So that from great ignorance and unbelief To pluck them out and let them see You, the Light of the world. Listen, fathers, to the divine words and understand, And you will know the unity that happens with consciousness, And by feeling, of course, and by experience, and by sight. God is invisible, but we, of course, are visible. So, if He Himself unites by will with sensible (beings), Shouldn't the combination of both occur consciously? If you claim that this happens without consciousness and feeling, This, of course, is the connection of the dead, and not of Life with the living. God (is) the Creator of creatures, and creatures are us. If God the Creator condescended to the creature And he united, and the creature became like the Creator; Then truly, in true contemplation, she must feel, That the created is inexpressibly united with the Creator. If we do not allow this, then faith is lost, And hope for the future completely disappeared. There will be (then) neither resurrection nor general judgment, Since we are creatures, as you say, insensitively We unite with the Creator without thinking anything in our consciousness. And God (then) suffers through you, as if He were not Life, and connecting with us, does not impart life to us. The Creator is again imperishable, but creatures are perishable. For having sinned, not only the body alone, But they also subjected the very souls 198 to decay. For this reason, we, body and soul, Perishable, like the corruption of spiritual death And all together obsessed with sin. So, if the incorruptible by nature was united with me corruptible, It will truly be one of two things that I want to tell you: Either He will change me and make me incorruptible, Either the Imperishable will change into corruption, and thus I may not understand that He suffered And he became like me. If I became All incorruptible from the corruptible, clinging to the Imperishable, How could I not feel (this)? as if by experience itself Did I not know what I became by becoming what I was not? For whoever says that God, uniting with people, Does not impart to them divine incorruptibility, But rather He Himself is consumed by their corruption, He teaches about the death of the Undying One And he blasphemes, completely falling away from life If this is impossible, then better accept another (position), And before the end, strive to partake of incorruption. God is light, but we are in darkness. Or rather, we are darkness ourselves. Do not flatter yourself, God does not shine anywhere else, Except for those souls with whom He will unite before the end. For others, even if it shines, as the preachers [of the truth] said, It will appear to them like fire, completely unapproachable, He who has to test what each one's business is, And again he will distance himself from them as from unworthy; They will suffer worthy torment. With all this, here and there the Light for souls is the same; We, having unenlightened souls, are darkness. So, if that Light that is for souls unites with my soul, Then it will either go out and become darkness, Or my soul, having been enlightened, will be like light. For when the light is kindled, darkness immediately flees. This is also the property of sensory light. If this produced light 199 does something in you, Which enlightens your eyes and delights your soul, And he makes you see what you have not seen before; That which the Creator will not do, having shone in (your) soul, Who said: Let there be light, and it immediately happened? So, what do you think, if He intelligently shines in your heart Or in the mind, like lightning or like the great sun 200 ; What can He do to an illuminated soul 201? Will he enlighten her and give (her) Know exactly who He is? Indeed, this is how it happens and this is how it happens, This is how the grace of the Spirit is revealed, And through Him and in Him - both the Son and the Father. And (such a person) sees Them, as far as it is possible for (him) to see, And then from Them to that which concerns Them, he ineffably He learns, and broadcasts, and describes to everyone else, Expounding godly dogmas, like everyone else The preceding Holy Fathers teach; For in this way they formed the divine symbol. Having become such, as we said, they They broadcast and talked with God and about God. For whoever theologizes about the Trinity unity, Or who has overthrown heresies without becoming such? Or who was called holy without receiving the Holy Spirit? Nobody ever; since the mental Light is palpable He usually comes to those to whom He will arrive. Those who say that they partake of Him without feeling, They actually call themselves insensitive. And we (call) them dead, devoid of life, Although they think they are living. O seduction! oh madness! But, O Light, shine in them, shine, so that when they see (You), They were truly convinced that You are truly the light, And those with whom You unite You liken You make it like light for yourself. O child 202, I always shine before the face of the faithful, But they don’t want (Me) to see, or they better close their eyes, Not wanting to look at Me, And they turn their faces in the other direction. Together with them I turn around, standing in front of them, But they look the other way again And [thus] they do not see the light of My face at all. Some of them cover their faces with veils, Others run away, completely hating Me. So what should I do with them? – I am completely perplexed. For to save them without (their) will and under compulsion - This would seem sorrowful to those who do not want to be saved. After all, good will truly be good (only) by will, Without will, good will not be good. Therefore, I see those who want and I see (them), And I make them joint heirs of My kingdom. Those who do not want, I leave with their desire in this world. And they themselves are their own judges before the trial, Since at the time when I was shining, the unapproachable Light, They alone caused darkness to themselves, Not wanting to see the Light and remaining in the darkness. In P. r. this hymn survives under the name 34 words; but in l. n. he is not there. In P. r. τὰς ψυχάς αὐτῶν (instead of ἀυτάς) - your souls. In P. r. τὸ φῶς τὸ αἰσθητόν – sensual light. Instead of μέγας in P. k. it is read ἵμέρας, that is, like the sun during the day. V.P.r. not τῇ ἐλλαμφθέιση, but τῇ ἐλλάμψει. that is, through insight. Here, of course, St. The Father writes as if on behalf of the Holy Spirit or Christ - the mental Light, turning to St. Simeon with an answer. You might be interested in: