"Baptism is the washing away of evils that were in us before, but sins committed after baptism are washed away by tears."
— Tears

January 1, 1970

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Saint John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, as translated by Archimandrite Lazarus Moore (Holy Transfiguration Monastery: 1959), § 7:6, p. 65