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The Ladder of Divine AscentJohn Climacus

Christianity: Faith, Scripture and Tradition

The Ladder of Divine Ascent

by John Climacus

A guide to the monastic life in thirty steps, written by an abbot of Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai. It treats the virtues and passions and culminates in stillness, prayer and love, and is still read in Orthodox monasteries during Lent.

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