Akathist Monk Maria Egyptian

Her name is recalled by a great post often. The reading of the Great Canon is associated with her name - the so -called “Mariino Standing”. The fifth week of Great Lent is named after her name. Yes, and the memory of Maria Egyptian, celebrated on April 1/14, as a rule, falls during the post. So we can talk about this saint often. The lessons of her life do not constitute a geometrically correct pattern, but they are scattered generously and often, like grains in the ground or like stars in the sky. To begin, for example, with the fact that a certain monk Zosima thought about himself that he succeeded in monasticism more than other ascetics. This completely non -original thought lies in wait for every person who, without laziness, has a lot of working for God's sake. His works in his eyes suddenly grow in size, and the world around the world seems to be a barren desert. "Are there any more people like me?" - The person thinks, being at this very time on the edge of a dangerous abyss.