Finding yourself | Signs of a Monastic Vocation | Orthodox Monk | Fr. Athanasios Mytilinaios

In this recording, Archimandrite Athanasios Mytilinaios (1927-2006), answers the question: "How can one know if he has an aptitude to become a monk?” "It needs research, a lot of attention and objectivity in the search of ourselves... It is an issue of love for Christ. You might say, can't a married man love Christ much? Sure! But the one who wants to remain unmarried is fulfilled, or he ought to be fulfilled, by great love [for Christ]. I did not say faith, I said love. If you love Christ a lot, then you occupy yourself with Him, then everything fills your heart, and then you can stay unmarried."
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Audio source: “Catechism”, no. 930, March 24, 1996 (in Greek)
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