He was also very edified by a visit to a dependency of this monastery, called "The Prison," where monks who had gravely sinned lived in extreme ascesis and gave extraordinary proofs of repentance, ...

Try replacing destructive habits with something useful and energizing. The savings per month will be substantial. We aren’t suggesting that you take an ascesis and don’t spend at all, but some of the ...

The offspring of Athos and the great adornment of Monks, * defender of ascesis, haven of silence and prayer, * our Father you were revealed to be, * through your life you showed us, Grace's ways of ...