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

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Abba or Hyperechius was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers). He lived during the 4th or 5th century AD in urban Egypt or Palestine.

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

Θησαύρισον, μοναχὲ, ἐν οὐρανῷ ἀπέραντοι γὰρ τῆϛ ἀναπαύσεώϛ σοι αἰῶνεϛ.

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.

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

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