Письма общие 1
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She who does not trespass cares about the Lord, how to please the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and spirit (1 Cor. 7:34).
You will clearly prove your love for me when I find out that my letters will calm you not just a little, but exactly as much as I want (From the letters of St. John Chrysostom to Olympias the deaconess. Letter II p. 73).
I have one grief, I don’t know if you are healthy (Letters of the same to the same. Letter XI p. 200).
They are called general because they were written to two nuns of the S-th nunnery cohabiting together, to whom letters from No. 73 to No. 295 were written. These letters (from No. 297 to No. 487) can be looked at as an elder’s diary, for, writing them to his most sincere disciples, in addition to spiritual instructions for all occasions in their lives, he set out here his spiritual thoughts and feelings, describing and remarkable events of his hard life.
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