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By Monk Moses the Athonite
1. When he would Liturgize he would become another man. Those attending church would hear various sounds from the Holy Altar from his heavenly visitors. They would kneel and chant "Lord have mercy".
2. One day the Saint said to his chanter: "I had so many saints today that I didn't have enough room to fit them. We put Saint Panteleimon in one corner, because there was no room."
3. At one time demons bothered the Saint and would not allow him to do the proskomede. After the Liturgy he said: "I began these Forty Liturgies with stress. The demons would yell out the names so that I would not be able to commemorate them, and thus not allow them to be forgiven."
4. After a period of Forty Liturgies he was asked:
"Elder, were you tired to finish them?"
"No my child. It was a pleasure for me, as if I did one Vespers, because they were very good people. Your father had a rich table like Abraham."
Then the man thought: "We were so poor, to the point we were hungry, so where did our father find such a rich table?"
"Don't see things like that," the Saint corrected. "Maybe he did not have to give, but his soul wanted to give much, and God accounted it to him as if he did give it. Your mother is a servant of your father, because she was very tiresome and would sadden him, always complaining to him. But your father always wore a smile with much goodness. Among your relatives you had a blind girl, whom you forgot to write. She was pure and very good."
"But how did you know this?" asked the man in wonder.
"When I commemorate, she also comes to the kollyva, but she comes as a guest, and does not unite with the others. Now everyone went to their place and opened the road for you."
Source: Athonite Flowers (vol. 14). Translated by John Sanidopoulos.
1. When he would Liturgize he would become another man. Those attending church would hear various sounds from the Holy Altar from his heavenly visitors. They would kneel and chant "Lord have mercy".
2. One day the Saint said to his chanter: "I had so many saints today that I didn't have enough room to fit them. We put Saint Panteleimon in one corner, because there was no room."
3. At one time demons bothered the Saint and would not allow him to do the proskomede. After the Liturgy he said: "I began these Forty Liturgies with stress. The demons would yell out the names so that I would not be able to commemorate them, and thus not allow them to be forgiven."
4. After a period of Forty Liturgies he was asked:
"Elder, were you tired to finish them?"
"No my child. It was a pleasure for me, as if I did one Vespers, because they were very good people. Your father had a rich table like Abraham."
Then the man thought: "We were so poor, to the point we were hungry, so where did our father find such a rich table?"
"Don't see things like that," the Saint corrected. "Maybe he did not have to give, but his soul wanted to give much, and God accounted it to him as if he did give it. Your mother is a servant of your father, because she was very tiresome and would sadden him, always complaining to him. But your father always wore a smile with much goodness. Among your relatives you had a blind girl, whom you forgot to write. She was pure and very good."
"But how did you know this?" asked the man in wonder.
"When I commemorate, she also comes to the kollyva, but she comes as a guest, and does not unite with the others. Now everyone went to their place and opened the road for you."
Source: Athonite Flowers (vol. 14). Translated by John Sanidopoulos.
Dear in Christ John,
ReplyDeleteI took the liberty of translating this article. It will be on my blog http://www.orthodoxologie.blogspot.com/ tomorrow Nov. 18, 2011
Yours in Christ,
hypodeacon Claude (Lopez-Ginisty)
1. Quand il célébrait la Liturgie, il devenait un autre homme. Ceux qui dans l'église y assistaient entendaient, dans le sanctuaire, divers bruits venant de ses visiteurs célestes. Ils s'agenouillaient et chantaient "Kyrie éléison".
2. Un jour, le saint dit à son chantre: "J'ai eu tant de saints aujourd'hui que je n'avais pas assez de place pour eux. Nous avons mis saint Pantéléimon dans un coin, parce qu'il n'y avait pas de place.".
3. Un jour les démons ont ennuyé le saint et ne lui ont pas permis de faire la proscomédie. Après la Liturgie, il a déclaré: "J'ai commencé ces quarante Liturgies dans le stress, les démons criaient les noms de telle sorte que je ne sois pas capable de les commémorer, et donc de leur permettre d'être pardonnés.".
4. Après une période de quarante Liturgies on lui a demandé:
"Staretz, as-tu été fatigué quand tu les as finies?"
"Non mon enfant. Ce fut un plaisir pour moi, comme si j'avais fait un office de Vêpres, parce c'étaient des gens très bien. Ton père avait une table riche comme Abraham".
Alors l'homme pensa: "Nous étions si pauvres, à tel point que nous avions faim, alors d'où vient que notre père trouve un table aussi riche?"
"Ne vois pas les choses comme ça," corrigea le saint. "Peut-être qu'il n'a pas eu quoi que ce soit à donner, mais son âme a voulu donner beaucoup, et Dieu le lui a compté comme s'il l'avait fait. Ta mère est une servante de ton père, parce qu'elle était très fatigante et elle l'attristait, en se plaignant toujours à lui. Mais ton père avait toujours un sourire de grande bonté. Parmi tes proches, tu avais une jeune fille aveugle, que tu as oublié de mentionner par écrit. Elle était pure et très bonne. "
"Mais comment sais-tu cela?" demanda l'homme émerveillé.
«Quand je commémore, elle vient aussi à la kollyva, mais elle vient en tant qu'invitée, et ne s'unit pas avec les autres. Maintenant tout le monde est allé à sa place [au Ciel ndt] et t'a ouvert le chemin."
Version française Claude Lopez-Ginisty
d'après
Athonite Flowers (vol. 14).
Traduit par John Sanidopoulos.
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