Quote by St. Symeon the New Theologian

Thou hadst come to me and didst seem to me to be washing me in the waters and pouring them upon me and dipping me into them many times. I saw the lightnings that were flashing about me and the rays of Thy countenance mingled with the waters, and I was struck with amazement as I saw that I was being washed with luminous water. I knew not whence it came, or who supplied it; I merely rejoiced as I was being washed and grew in faith. My hope took wings and flew as high as heaven.



("Symeon the New Theologian: The Discourses", p. 372)


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