"Ὁ ἀββᾶς Βισαρίων ἀποθνήσκων ἔλεγεν, ὅτι ὀφείλει εἶναι ὁ μοναχὸς, ὡς τὰ χερουβὶμ καὶ τὰ σε ραφὶμ, ὅλος ὀφθαλμός."

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Abba Bessarion, at the point of death, said, "The monk ought to be as the Cherubim and the Seraphim: all eye." — Bessarion, Saying 11, Page 42