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Our holy father venerable and God-bearing Father '''Anastasiusof Sinai''' (also spelled ''Anastasios'' or ''Anastasius Sinaita'') is a 7th century [[saint]] who left the world and everything in it. He took up his [[cross]] according to is considered one of the Lord's commandment, was Greek [[tonsure]]d, and became a [[monk]], following the Lord willingly. He became a lover Church Fathers|Fathers of the greatest struggles for virtue. He went to [[Jerusalem]] and, after he had venerated the saints and the [[venerable]] places, he came to mount [[SinaiChurch]]. There St. Anastasius found a group of monks who led a strict is commemorated on [[asceticApril 20]] life, so he stayed and submitted himself to them as a servant. Thus he became very along with his fellow ascetics each [[HumilityBright Week|humbleBright Wednesday]] and received from God gifts of knowledge and great wisdom, through which he wrote the lives of [[Church Fathers|holy fathersSynaxis]] and composed edifying of the Monastic Fathers of [[sermonSinai]]s. Another saint called "Anastasius eventually became [[abbot]] of the whole ascetic community at the Sinai. He departed to the Lord full " was Patriarch Anastasius I of yearsAntioch who is also commemorated on April 20.

Saint Anastasius is commemorated on He took up his [[cross]] according to the Lord's commandment, was [[April 20tonsure]] d, and along with his fellow ascetics each became a [[monk]], following the Lord willingly. He became a lover of the greatest struggles for virtue. He went to [[bright week|Bright WednesdayJerusalem]]and, after he had venerated the saints and the [[Synaxisvenerable]] places, he came to Mount Sinai. There Anastasius found a group of monks who led a strict [[ascetic]] life, so he stayed and submitted himself to them as a servant. Thus he became very [[Humility|humble]] and received from God gifts of knowledge and great wisdom, through which he wrote the Monastic lives of [[Church Fathers |holy fathers]] and composed edifying [[sermon]]s. Anastasius eventually became [[abbot]] of the whole ascetic community at Sinai. He departed to the Lord full of years.

==QuoteQuotation==:''We have the following understanding and opinion concerning those who receive the holy Mysteries of the Body and Blood of the Lord, that if persons have some small human sins that are readily forgiven, such as: being robbed [committing a sin] by the tongue or hearing or eyes or by vainglory or by sorrow or anger or such things as these, that once they rebuke themselves and make confession to God let them thus receive the holy Mysteries. We believe that the reception of the holy Mysteries for such persons is unto the cleansing of sins.''<supref>[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/hesychios.aspxIntroduction to the Philokalic Writings of the Blessed Hesychios]from ''Elder Basil of Poiana Marului: Spiritual Father of St. Paisy Velichkovsky''</supref>

==Sources and further readingReference==*[http:<references //www.trueorthodoxy.info/spir_stanastasios_mark_true_christian.shtml What is the Mark of the True Christian?, by St. Anastasius of Sinai]>*[http://www.monachos.net/library/Anastasius_of_Sinai,_Concerning_the_Holy_Fathers_in_Sinai Concerning the Holy Fathers in Sinai, by St. Anastasius of Sinai]*[http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/175/Transfiguration_____St._Anastasius.html Sermon on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, by St. Anastasius of Sinai][God or angels as impersonators of saints; A belief and its contexts in the "Refutation" of Eustratius of Constantinople and in the writings of Anastasius of Sinai, by Dirk Krausmüller (Gouden Horn 6,2)]==Sources==

*[http://www.voskrese.info/spl/Xnewmoses.html St. Anastasius the New Moses, Abbot of Sinai ] (St. Pachomius Library)]*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455d.htm St. Anastasius Sinaita ] (1912 ''[[Roman Catholic|Catholic ]] Encyclopedia'') ==External links==*[http://www.anastasiosofsinai.org Life and Works of Anastasius] at Anastasios of Sinai*[http://www.newmoses.org The Hexaemeron by Anastasius of Sinai] at The Creation Project*[http://www.reference-global.com/toc/byzs/101/2 Review of Patrology: The Eastern Fathers] updated information about Anastasius in Byzantinische Zeitschrift*[[Wikipedia:Anastasius Sinaita|Wikipedia article]]*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101161 Venerable Anastasius the Abbot of Sinai] (from [[OCA]])*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=April&day=20 The Venerable Anastasius of Mount Sinai] (''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]'')*[http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/goudenhoorn/62dirk.html Angels in the guise of saints in the Refutatio of Eustratius of Constantinople and in the writings of Anastasius of Sinai] by Dirk Krausmüller (Gouden Horn 6,2)*[http://www.doaks.org/DOP55/DP55ch02.pdf The Predetermination of Death: The Contribution of Anastasios of Sinai and Nikephoros Blemmydes to a Perennial Byzantine Problem] by Joseph A. Munitz (Dumbarton Oaks Papers 55) ===Writings===*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/mark_true.aspx What is the Mark of the True Christian?] by St. Anastasius of Sinai*[http://www.monachos.net/library/Anastasius_of_Sinai,_Concerning_the_Holy_Fathers_in_Sinai Concerning the Holy Fathers in Sinai] by St. Anastasius of Sinai*[http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/175/Transfiguration_____St._Anastasius.html Sermon on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord] by St. Anastasius of Sinai ===Published editions===*[http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/191746554?tab=details Hexaemeron] by St. Anastasius of Sinai*[http://worldcat.org/oclc/70275122?tab=holdings#tabs Quaestiones et Responsiones] by St. Anastasius of Sinai*[http://worldcat.org/oclc/7865968?tab=holdings#tabs Viae Dux] by St. Anastasius of Sinai*[http://worldcat.org/oclc/12542788&referer=brief_results Sermones duo in constitutionem hominis secundum imaginem Dei] by St. Anastasius of Sinai 

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