Tag: Abba Xoius
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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 ›