"Εἶπεν ὁ ἀββᾶς Ἰωσὴφ τῷ ἀββᾷ Λώτ· Οὐ δύνα σαι γενέσθαι μοναχὸς, ἐὰν μὴ γένῃ ὡς πῦρ φλογιζό μενος ὅλος"

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Abba Joseph said to Abba Lot, "You cannot be a monk unless you become like a consuming fire." — Joseph of Panephysis, Saying 6, Page 103