Abbot Seraphim Alexiev Purity. Interpretation on the Prayer of Saint Ephrem the Syria Translated from Bulgarian by Gheorghita Ciocioi The virtue of purity cannot be possessed by the one whose unclean whishes as a sequel of the old age, or of sickness or other reason. In such a man, even if the sin continues to work, his weak body impedes him from any shameful act or sin. Purity is unending constrain in depth of one’s soul a killing means of the shameful movements left there. That man who cured in this way and gain this virtue, rooted in himself the purity hostile to sin (Saint Basil the Great). Format: 11 x 20 cm, 96 p. ISBN: 978-973-136-015-7 «« back