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**Lafclaria** · 03-22-2008, 04:11 AM

Dear Paul ,i believe deeply that when and if ,God has chosen someone to wear the monastic gown then HE will talk to his parents' hearts and soften them.

I live in Athens,Greece.Near me there is a priest monk whose father has commited suicided ,just after he became a monk.And another one whose father had died from heart attack some weeks after his ordination.

and there are many cases like these.

st John Chrysostom didn't go to the monastery before his mother's death,because his beloved mother has asked him not to leave her alone.

st.Paul said to st Timothy:
If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.(Tim 1 5,8)

i insist that there is lack of discernment and i 'll add that some hegumens don't care really about their monks but they want just to concentrate blind fans around them.

03-22-2008, 04:11 AM	#14
Lafclaria Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 417 Senior Member	Dear Paul ,i believe deeply that when and if ,God has chosen someone to wear the monastic gown then HE will talk to his parents' hearts and soften them. I live in Athens,Greece.Near me there is a priest monk whose father has commited suicided ,just after he became a monk.And another one whose father had died from heart attack some weeks after his ordination. and there are many cases like these. st John Chrysostom didn't go to the monastery before his mother's death,because his beloved mother has asked him not to leave her alone. st.Paul said to st Timothy: If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.(Tim 1 5,8) i insist that there is lack of discernment and i 'll add that some hegumens don't care really about their monks but they want just to concentrate blind fans around them.
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