Tag: Abba Xoius

Pray with intensity

One of the Fathers said of Abba Xoius the Theban that one day he went to the mountain of Sinai and when he set out from there, a brother met him, groaning and saying, ‘Abba, we are in distress through lack of rain.’ The old man said to him, ‘Why do you not pray and… Read More ›