Is there anyone who has entered paradise by a different path, a path without temptations, whom we can imitate? No. All the Saints passed through fire and water, through various temptations and afflictions, and they glorified God with their patience and received crowns of eternal glory! (Ephraim of Arizona)

Is there anyone who has entered paradise by a different path, a path without temptations, whom we can imitate? No. All the Saints passed through fire and water, through various temptations and afflictions, and they glorified God with their patience and received crowns of eternal glory!

Ephraim of Arizona

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