To Stagiria as an ascetic obsessed with a demon, or about how to overcome despondency and sorrow

The proposed readers of the moral and ascetic work of St. John Zlatoust "to Stagriya" was written at the time when Zlatoust was still deacon, and his friend"s monk, voluminous attacks, and concerns the topic of the suffering of the righteous, God"s fishery and malice in relation to Christians. Zlatoust seeks to console his friend and convey to him that the involuntary suffering, including demons applied, occur not without divine leaving and conceive and encourage them to transfer them to patience, courage and hope for the mercy of God, which in turn leads Saving the soul in blissful eternity and holiness. St. John Zlatoust shows the suffering of the righteous examples from the Holy Scripture, and their persistence in these suffering, which has become a role to imitate all those who suffer from Christians, and offers effective ways to deal with the passions of despondency and sadness, which naturally overcome a person in different circumstances. This book will be particularly useful in a state of disintegration and depression, to decently overcome these grave gentlements.
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