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John Climacus

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Also known as Saint John Climacus

Syrian mystic and abbot

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Top works

  • Ladder of Divine Ascent

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5 total works indexed

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Quotes

  • Even if glory is God-given, yet it is excellent to divert it from oneself with the shield of humility.
  • The man who associates with people of the world or approaches them after his renunciation will certainly either fall into their traps or will defile his heart by thinking about them; or if he is not defiled himself yet by condemning those who are defiled, he too will himself be defiled.
  • Obedience is the tomb of the will and the resurrection of humility.
  • He whose will and desire in conversation is to establish his own opinion, even though what he says is true, should recognize that he is sick with the devil's disease.
  • A monastery is an earthly heaven.
  • Constantly wrestle with your thought, and whenever it wanders call it back to you

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Key facts

Born
c. 579 AD , Syria
Died
March 649 (aged 69 – 70), Mount Sinai
Venerated in
Catholic Church , Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast
30 March, Fourth Sunday of Great Lent
Attributes
Clothed as a monk , sometimes with an Abbot 's paterissa (crozier), sometimes holding a copy of his Ladder
Major works
The Ladder of Divine Ascent

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Święci Jan Klimak, Jerzy Zwycięski i Błażej. Nowogrodzka Szkoła Malarstwa Ikonowego, XIII wiek.jpg
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John Climacus
date of birth
0579-01-01
date of death
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name in native language
Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος
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John Climacus
end of work period
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