HELLADIUS — Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Alphabetical Collection

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1. It was said of Abba Helladius that he spent twenty years in the Cells, without ever raising his eyes to see the roof of the church.

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2. Of the same Abba Helladius, it was said that he was accustomed to eat bread and salt, and that when Easter came, he would

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say, 'The brothers eat bread and salt; as for me, I must make a little effort because of Easter. Therefore, since I eat sitting down all the other days, now that it is Easter, I will make this effort, and eat standing up.'

Translated by Benedicta Ward, SLG. Edition opa.patristics.desert-fathers.sayings-alphabetical-collection.en.