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“Abba Anastasios, the Abbot of Sinai, once saw Abba John as he was descending from the Holy Summit with Abba Martyrios, and he called both the young man and the elder to himself. He said to the elder,”
― St. George Monastery, Gerontikon: Volume 1

“Abba Anastasios, the Abbot of Sinai, once saw Abba John as he was descending from the Holy Summit with Abba Martyrios, and he called both the young man and the elder to himself. He said to the elder, "Tell me, Abba Martyrios, "Where is this young man from, and who has given him the tonsure?" Martyrios then said to him, "He is your servant, father, and I am the one who tonsured him since he is my disciple.”
― St. George Monastery, Gerontikon: Volume 1