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καὶ παρθένος, καθεζομένη πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν, εἰργάζετο
μὲν ταῖς χερσί, τῷ δὲ στόματι ἀσιγήτως
τὸν Θεὸν εὐλόγει εὐχαριστοῦσα αὐτῷ ἐκ βαθέων
ψυχῆς: τῶν ταύτης δὲ ὕμνων ἀκούσας ὁ νέος
ἔφη: Τί σου, γύναι, τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα; χάριν δὲ
τίνος, οὕτω περ οὖσα εὐτελὴς καὶ πτωχή, ὡς ἐπί
τισι μεγάλοις δωρήμασιν εὐχαριστεῖς, τὸν δοτῆρα
ὑμνοῦσα; Ἡ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀπεκρίνατο: Οὐκ
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οἶσθα ὅτι, καθάπερ φάρμακον μικρὸν ἐκ μεγάλων
νοσημάτων πολλάκις ῥύεται τὸν ἄνθρωπον, οὕτω
δὴ καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῖς μικροῖς εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ Θεῷ
μεγάλων πρόξενον γίνεται; ἐγὼ τοίνυν, θυγάτηρ
οὖσα γέροντος πτωχοῦ, εὐχαριστῶ ἐπὶ τοῖς
μικροῖς τούτοις καὶ εὐλογῶ τὸν Θεόν, εἰδυῖα ὡς
ὁ ταῦτα δοὺς καὶ μείζονα δύναται δοῦναι. καὶ
ταῦτα μὲν περὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν καὶ οὐχ ἡμετέρων,
ἐξ ὧν οὔτε τοῖς πολλὰ κεκτημένοις τι προσγίνεται
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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