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Quotes from To the Most Reverend Nun Xenia — Gregory Palamas

1290–1350 Turkey

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As the separation of the soul from the body is the death of the body, so the separation of God from the soul is the death of the soul. And this death of the soul is the true death.

To the Most Reverend Nun Xenia (1344)

The soul completely dominated by its desire for spiritual instruction is never sated. It is because of this that Wisdom says of herself, 'Those who eat Me will still be hungry' (Eccles. 24:21); while the Lord, who has instilled this divine desire in the soul, says of Mary who chose 'what is best' that it will not be taken away from her (cf. Luke 10:42).

To the Most Reverend Nun Xenia (1344)

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