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Remember God constantly in your heart, not only in your head – St Theophan

6 June 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

St Theophan the Recluse

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When remembrance of God lives in the heart and there maintains the fear of Him, then all goes well; but when this remembrance grows weak or is kept only in the head, then all goes astray.

— Igumen Chariton of Valamo: /The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology/ p118

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