"Better to trust a donkey than oneself"
From obedience to freedom
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This article, written by the sisters of the Monastery of the Protection of the Virgin at Solan, focuses on the monastic virtue of obedience and its practice in the contemporary context. It takes the form of modern apophthegms, a literary genre inherited from the tradition of the Desert Fathers, transposed into present-day life situations. The central idea is that obedience, far from any servility or psychological drift, constitutes a path of inner transformation wrought by the Holy Spirit. The article is rooted in Athonite spirituality and proposes a concrete actualization of it for female monastic life in the West. Its theological contribution lies in the articulation between a proven Eastern spiritual tradition and its contemporary embodiment, offering practical reference points for discerning the path of deification through the renunciation of one's own will.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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