Sabas the Sanctified in Mar Saba |
Great story about the strife, by the way. He moved out of the monastery at some point because the brothers were quarreling so much. His worst critics, believing that he had been eaten by a lion (wishful thinking), sent a letter to the Patriarch in Jerusalem, asking that another archimandrite of all monasteries be appointed. As chance would have it, Sabbas just happened to be arriving for an audience with the Patriarch when the letter was delivered. The Patriarch supported his archimandrite and the brothers were promptly put back in their places.
No comments:
Post a Comment