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Church Statute, ch. 35.

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St. Gregory the Sinaite Useful Chapters, Chapter 18. Philokalia. Part 1.

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Church Statute, ch. 35.

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In the same place and in the Alphabetical Patericon.

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Epistle to the monk Nicholas.

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Monastic expression.

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Alphabetical Patericon.

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The writer of these canons, visiting the most experienced elders at his first beginning, noticed this laudable custom among them.

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The Life of St. Symeon the New Theologian, manuscript; there is a life of this saint of God and a printed edition of the Optina Hermitage.

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The Monk Abba Dorotheus. Homily 4 on the Fear of God.

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The saying of St. Isaiah the Hermit. Alphabetical Patericon.

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Mf. 25. 40.

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St. Isaac of Syria, Homily 8 and St. Symeon the New Theologian, ch. 125. Philokalia. Part 1.

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Book 4, Chapters 10 and 11.

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We charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to depart from every brother who walks disorderly, and not according to the tradition which you have received from us (2 Thess. 3. 6).

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… who, being called a brother, remains a fornicator, or a covetous, or an idolater, ... or a drunkard, or a predator; with such a person you cannot even eat together (1 Cor. 5. 11).

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