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Venerable #Paisios, as a young monk, yearned for deeper spiritual knowledge but found the available texts lacking. Undeterred, he learned Greek and meticulously translated crucial Patristic works, including the Philokalia, making them accessible to Slavic monks. His translations sparked a revival of hesychastic prayer and transformed monastic life throughout the Orthodox world.

O, Venerable Paisios, intercede for us that we may have the same thirst for true knowledge and dedication to prayer.

\#Saints \#OrthodoxMonk \#Hesychasm \#Orthodoxy \#PrayerLife