"The greatest memorial service for both the people in the world and our ancestors is our spiritual progress, because then they are entitled to divine help. This is apart from our prayer, which is bold before God, and the joy which our grandparents feel over us, their pride and joy. But if we lead a bad life, they suffer threefold."
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Saint Paisios, quoted in the book cover flap of Athonite Fathers and Athonite Matters (2016, 3rd ed.)
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