The monastic alternative, at least in the West, has become so deeply unfashionable that most people no longer consider the possibility, but there is, at least to me, something deeply appealing about ...
A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.
The moderate Rule of St Basil, or Ascetica, set the model for Eastern Orthodox monasticism. Another important treatise in the Eastern tradition is the Ladder of Divine Ascent (Latin, Scala Paradisi), ...
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