Monahul în har, conform Părintelui Sofronie
The monk in grace according to elder Sophrony summary

Summary/Abstract: Through repentance, prayer and the ascetic struggles of the monastic life, the Grace of the Holy Spirit distinguishes the monk in Grace. Such monks were Saint Silouan and his disciple and biographer Elder Sophrony. By the Grace of the Holy Spirit, believers are informed of the presence of God in their lives and advance in Christ. The monk tastes Grace. The taste of Grace, which in realized within the Church, cultivates a closer relationship with the living and true God, with the life-giving Trinity. The monk experiences the taste of divine Grace by his participation in the Divine Liturgy. Elder Sophrony shows in his works that people thirst for God and this is why they want to emerge from the constraints of time and space. Communion with God ushers man into divine eternity. In this way, new horizons are opened for human existence. If human life and, in particular, that of the monk, is not a life in Grace, i.e. the life of Christ Himself within us, then we are poor and naked. In order to keep man from aggrandizement, which displaces the Grace of God within him. He uses His withdrawal as a means of training. This lies close to the boundaries of despair, but is not the same as really being abandoned by our merciful God. It occurs so that our faith will become deeper, greater and firmer.

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