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From the sayings of ABBA SHENOUTE THE ARCHIMENIDRITE aboutFASTING

From the sayings of ABBA SHENOUTE THE ARCHIMENIDRITE aboutFASTING

 

“When the holy Abba Shenoute received the angelic garment which came to him from heaven, he gave himself up to the anchoretic life with many great labours, many nocturnal vigils, and fasts without numbers. Nor would he eat each day until the sun had set at evening, and then he would not eat his fill; instead, his food was bread and salt. Because of these things, his body was dried up, and his skin was very fine and stuck to his bones.  There were many times when he did not eat from Saturday to Saturday, and again, for forty days of holy Easter, he would not eat bread; his food instead was edible vegetables and moistened grain, and as a result of this, there was hardly any flesh upon him.”