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Elder Philemon of Mount Athos: Choosing Retreat, Calm and Peace
What the video says
Ο ομιλητής αφηγείται μια ιστορία δύο μοναχών που άκουσαν άλλους να μαλώνουν και είπαν να μαλώσουν κι εκείνοι. Έβαλαν ένα ποτήρι στη μέση και ο ένας είπε ότι το ποτήρι είναι δικό του. Ο άλλος απάντησε: 'Άμα είναι δικό σου, πάρ' το', και δεν μαλώσανε. Ο ομιλητής σημειώνει ότι κάτι τέτοιο συμβαίνει και στο μοναστήρι του, όπου υπάρχει ηρεμία και διάθεση 'δεν βαριέσαι, πάρ' το'.
Key moments
- Δύο μοναχοί άκουσαν άλλους να μαλώνουν και είπαν να μαλώσουν κι εκείνοι.
- Έβαλαν ένα ποτήρι στη μέση και ο ένας είπε: 'Αυτό το ποτήρι είναι δικό μου'.
- Ο άλλος απάντησε: 'Άμα είναι δικό σου, πάρ' το', και δεν μαλώσανε.
- Ο ομιλητής λέει ότι κάτι τέτοιο γίνεται και στο δικό του περιβάλλον: υπάρχει ηρεμία και το πνεύμα του 'δεν βαριέσαι, πάρ' το'.
Elder Philemon, a priest of the Holy Coenobitic Skete of the Prophet Elijah of Pantokratoros on Mount Athos, speaks about choosing retreat, calm and peace instead of quarreling. He tells the story of two monks who heard others arguing and decided to argue as well. They placed a glass in the middle, and one of them declared that the glass belonged to him.
The other answered: 'If it is yours, take it,' and the argument ended there. The two monks never came to a quarrel. Elder Philemon notes that the same spirit operates in his own monastery. There, calm prevails and the prevailing attitude is 'don't trouble yourself, take it.' He presents this disposition as a way of life rather than a story from elsewhere.
The talk is presented by Pemptousia, and the full video, titled 'Mount Athos: The Garden of the Panagia,' is available on the Pemptousia website. The post carries hashtags on Mount Athos, retreat, calmness, peace, faith, Christianity and Orthodoxy, and names Elder Philemon and the Holy Skete of the Prophet Elijah. The video summary shows that the talk centers on this one anecdote and its application to monastic life: two monks imitate an argument, stage a dispute over a glass, and dissolve it with a single sentence of concession.
The elder connects the anecdote to the daily atmosphere of his skete, where monks avoid disputes by yielding to one another. The card points readers to the full video for the elder's own words.
Main points
- Elder Philemon of the Holy Skete of the Prophet Elijah on Mount Athos speaks about choosing retreat, calm and peace.
- Two monks heard others arguing and decided to argue themselves, placing a glass between them.
- One claimed the glass was his; the other replied: 'If it is yours, take it,' and no quarrel followed.
- The elder says the same spirit of 'don't trouble yourself, take it' and calmness exists in his own monastery.
- The full video, 'Mount Athos: The Garden of the Panagia,' is available on pemptousia.gr.