Hyperechios Quotes

Χιόνοϛ λαμπρότεροϛ εὐρεθήσεται μοναχὸϛ ἀνώτεροϛ τῶν σαρκικῶν ἐπιθυμίαν ὑπάρχων.
Χριστὸν ἀντὶ χρυσοῦ ποθῶν, ὅψεται αὐτὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀγαθοσύνηϛ στεϕανοῦντα αὐτόν.

The life of a monk should emulate that of an angel, a life that destroys sin with conflagration of flame.
The life of a monk is a whole burnt offering for those who repent.

Abba Hyperechios said: “Just as a lion is fearsome to the wild asses, so is the well-tried monk to lascivious logismoi.”

Ἡσυχία μοναχοῦ μετὰ καθαρὰϛ καρδίαϛ δυσωπεῖ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον.

The contemplative quiet (hēsychía) of the monk with a pure heart wins over the Holy Spirit.

Ῥιπίζεται μοναχὸϛ ὑπὸ λαίλαποϛ λογισμῶν.
Ῥήμασι δὲ ἀγγελικοῖϛ στηριζέτω ἑαυτὸν κραταιῶϛ.

A monk is (continually) lashed by a gale storm of thoughts.
But let him firmly strengthen himself with the words of the angels.

He also said: “It is good to eat flesh and to drink wine and not to eat the flesh of your brothers in backbiting.”

Ζωὴ μοναχοῦ κατὰ μίμησιν ἀγγέλου γινέσθω, καταϕλέγουσα ἁμαρτίαν.
Ζωὴ γὰρ μοναχοῦ ἐστιν ἡ τῶν μετανοούντων ὁλοκάρπωσιϛ.

He also said: “Let your consciousness always dwell on the Kingdom of Heaven and soon you shall inherit it.”

Στέϕανοϛ μοναχοῦ εἰρήνη καὶ ἁγιασμόϛ.
Ὁ κεκτημένοϛ αὐτὰ ὅψεται τὸν Κύριον.

Ἐν πάντι καιρῷ ἔστω ὁ χιτὼν τοῦ μοναχοῦ ἄσπιλοϛ οὐκ ὁ ὕϕαντοϛ ἀλλ’ ὁ πνευματικόϛ.
Ἐν μέσῃ γὰρ νυκτὶ ὁ τοιοῦτοϛ συνεισελεύσεται τῷ νυμϕίῳ Χριστῷ εἰϛ τὴν παστάδα.
Ἔλαιον ἐπικομιζέτω ὁ μοναχὸϛ εἰϛ ἀπάντησιν τοῦ νυμϕίου.

Νόμοϛ πηγὴ ζωῆϛ μοναχοῦ ἐν χείρι πρακτικοῦ.

The law is a fountain of life in the hand of the monk who practices the ascetic life.