"154. Μοναχὸς ὑπαντήσας κανονικαῖς κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ὑπεχώρησεν ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ. Εἶπεν δὲ ἡ ἡγουμένη πρὸς αὐτόν· Εἰ ᾖς τέλειος μοναχός, ἡμῖν ὡς γυναιξὶν οὐκ ἂν1 προσέσχες."

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A monk who encountered some nuns on the road withdrew from the road. Their leader said to him: “If you were a perfect monk you would not have noticed that we are women.”