Zachariah the Recluse

Abba Zachariah the Recluse was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).

Quotes

Ward, Benedicta (1984). The sayings of the Desert Fathers: the alphabetical collection. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications.

• Abba Macarius said to Abba Zacharias, 'Tell me, what is the work of a monk?'
  He said to him, 'How is it that you are asking me, Father?'
  Abba Macarius said, Zacharias, my child, you inspire me with confidence. It is God who urges me to ask you.'
  Then Zacharias said to him, 'Father, in my opinion, he is a monk who does violence to himself in everything.'
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