tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post758750510303708638..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: Who used it first?Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-28544167580015318232009-12-23T19:50:36.000+00:002009-12-23T19:50:36.000+00:00Work is the curse of Adam, work is horrible and ma...Work is the curse of Adam, work is horrible and makes us anything but free. Через труд — к освобождению is the logic of the devil.<br /><br />Talk of the devil: According the The Northern Thebaid--an account of the life of the Orthodox church in the Russian north-- the Solovki monastery started on the Island of the same name had already been used by hermits for ascetic struggle for quite some time, the first being St Sabbatius in the first half of the 15th century. In this sense it wasn't started by Ivan the Terrible, it had more pure origins. It's a shame what became of it.Barry Trotternoreply@blogger.com