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What cured the pilgrims legs and what connection did he make with them?
Bones, connecting them to the resurrection.
What did the merchant recommend the Pilgrim do?
Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Did the pilgrim have family?
Yes, a bother and grandmother, grandfather whom he grew up with after his parents died.
When the pilgrim got bread and salt from the people he visited what did he do?
He thanked God.
Did the pilgrim or his elder keep the things to himself or did they share with everything the things they learned about prayer?
They shared.
Did the monks in India (not Christian) misuse the discipline found for prayer in the Philokalia?
Yes they took the ideas but twisted them.
Did the pilgrim travel to Odessa on advice of the Merchant?
Yes.
How did the grandfather teach the pilgrim about the faith?
He brought him to church and had him read the bible and told him to pray.
The woman who had a nice country house, had a sister who was living in another town and doing what with her life?
She was a nun.
What happened when the guest house man saw the dead men and women he treated badly?
He recognized what he did and left everything, made peace with God and traveled around Siberia.
Who kept appearing to the pilgrim to continue to teach him on the Jesus Prayer?
His elder.
What happened after the Pilgrim helped the woman who was choking?
People started to revere him, but afraid of becoming prideful he left the village.
Did the pilgrim get married? What happened?
Yes but she died after becoming ill.
Did the woman who had a nice country house and her family like pilgrims? We're pilgrims common do you think? What did she ask the pilgrim for?
Very much and they liked to ask for their prayers. Probably was common to see pilgrims at that time.
How does one understand his neighbours?
Through know what he himself is.
What did the pilgrim use to help the women’s throat and why?
Some oil because it would make her throw up.
How old was the pilgrim during the time he was talking to merchant?
33 years old, the same age of Christ (at the end of his earthly ministry).
Was the pilgrims brother a nice guy? How do we know?
No, he took to alcohol and stole the money the grandfather left to him and tried kill both the pilgrim and his wife through setting the house on fire.
The woman (one with nice country house) had a relative that was her grandmother’s great grandfather, what was special about him?
He’s a saint, St. Joseph
Good speech is silver but what is silence?
Pure gold.
What did the elder instruct the Pilgrim to do after the dinner where the wife of the steward started to choke?
He said, if you got healed why do you not do the same for someone else, and instructed the pilgrim to help her.
Why was the travel companion of the Pilgrim good?
Because he was deaf and couldn’t have a conversation, and this way he could travel too since it would have been dangerous for a deaf man to travel on his own.
Do you think after the prayerful, faithful life the pilgrim led is a surprise that God had called him to the life of interior prayer?
No.
Did the woman with the nice country house have children?
Yes.
Who is your favorite Sub-Deacon?
George!! 💯