St. Sophrony the Athonite
Sergiy Symeonovich Sakharov
(23 September 1896, Moscow, Russian Empire – 11 July 1993,Tolleshunt Knights, U.K.), elder Sophrony or Father Sophrony, was a Russian-born Orthodox Christian archimandrite and one of the most noted ascetic monks of the 20th century.
All of us, at every moment of our lives, are in absolute need of Divine grace, which is given to man through pain and effort.
When we pray in the morning, pray in the evening, and pray every moment – then we have the right to say: ‘Lord, do not leave me; help me.’
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