Sunday, July 8, 2007

A story about a monk and Satan

This is a story I read in a book of quirky Orthodox stories.

One time, Satan disguised himself as a beautiful angel, and went to visit a monk, to tempt him. He came to visit this monk during his evening prayers, who looked up at the apparition, and said, "Oh, you must have made a mistake. I'm not holy enough to be visited by an angel. Perhaps you should try the next cell over." And Satan's plan was thwarted.

2 comments:

  1. Its the Alex Blog! Complete with picture. Rock the outs!

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  2. If only I had these kinds of stories when I was a lad...

    *sniff*

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