Κεφ. ΚΕ'
The Danger of Offending a Brother
Evagrius warns that causing a brother to stumble through anger invites a persistent sadness that hinders one's prayer life.
Be careful not to anger a brother and drive him away; otherwise, you'll never escape the demon of sadness for the rest of your life, and it will always be a stumbling block for you when you pray.
Read the original Latin
Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μήποτε φυγαδεύσῃς τινὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν παροργίσας, καὶ οὐκ ἐκφεύξῃ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου τὸν τῆς λύπης δαίμονα παρὰ τὸν καιρὸν τῆς προσευχῆς ἀεί σοι σκῶλον γινόμενον.
The Praktikos companion
A daily portion of stillness
Chosen Portion delivers one short contemplative reading and a guided moment of silence each day — the ascent, one step at a time.
Chosen Portion is the paced doorway into this collection: it portions the dense mystical treatises into one daily reading plus guided silence, exactly as the 14-day plan teaches.
- Daily bite-sized excerpts from the contemplative classics, never a wall of text
- A built-in timed stillness practice that grows from 2 minutes to 10
- Gentle progression through the tradition — the app remembers where you are on the ascent