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Monk Simeon from Mount Athos provides answers to 24 of man’s existential questions. <\/p>\n Monk Simeon from Mount Athos provides answers to 24 of man’s existential questions. <\/p>\n
And what is the worst teacher?
\n\u2013 Pleasure<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is the rarest ability?
\n\u2013 Ability to give<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is the best ability?
\n\u2013 Ability to forgive<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is the most difficult ability?
\n\u2013 Ability to keep silent<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is the most important ability?
\n\u2013 Ability to ask<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is the most necessary ability?
\n\u2013 Ability to listen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is the most dangerous battle?
\n\u2013 Fanaticism<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is most unpleasant habit?
\n\u2013 Liking to quarrel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is most harmful habit?
\n\u2013 Talking too much<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Who is the strongest person?
\n\u2013 Anyone who’s able to understand the Truth<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Who is the weakest person?
\n\u2013 Anyone who feels stronger<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Who is the most intelligent person?
\n\u2013 Anyone who follows his\/her heart<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What affection is the most dangerous?
\n\u2013 Attachment to the physical body<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Who is the poorest?
\n\u2013 Anyone who loves money the most<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Who is closest to God?
\n\u2013 The merciful<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Who is the weakest?
\n\u2013 Anyone who conquers others<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Who is the strongest?
\n\u2013 Anyone who conquers himself<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
How to fight with problems?
\n\u2013 With joy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
And how to fight with suffering?
\n\u2013 With patience<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is the sign of a healthy soul?
\n\u2013 Faith<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is the sign of a sick soul?
\n\u2013 Despair<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What are the signs of wrong actions?
\n\u2013 Irritation and frustration<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What are the signs of good deeds?
\n\u2013 Peace of mind and soul<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Monk Simeon from Mount Athos provides answers to 24 of man’s existential questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,26,21,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-orthodox-christianity","category-orthodox-church","category-wisdom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEnglish translation of original questions in Romanian done by Chris Banescu<\/em>. Special attention taken in order to preserve the Orthodox Christian ethos<\/em> and proper understanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"