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A Collection of Ancient Orthodox Texts
On the Monastic Life
There are two parts of this Old Believer manuscript, both in the pure Old Slavonic language. More than ever everyone should be ascetic and live similar to the ways of monastic life. Here is a web page where you can download the files.
“You greatly delude yourself and err, if you think that one thing is demanded from the laity and another from the monastics...what has turned the world upside down is that we think only the monastics must live rigorously, while everyone else is allowed to live a life of indolence” - St. John Chrysostom