One elder told his disciples: “When a king wants to take an enemy city, he first of all withholds water and food supplies. The enemy, dying of hunger, is forced to submit to him. This is what happens with sins. If a person lives in fasting and prayer, then the enemy, weakened, leaves his soul. Source: "Desert Fathers." 101 parables. M. ed. "Nicaea" 2012
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