THE LIFE OF ABBA GEORGE WHO WAS NEVER PERTURBED
This story was told to us concerning Abba George, the higoumen of the monastery of Abba Theodosios, by his disciple— that good, gentle, and humble Abba Theodosios, who became Bishop of Capitolias. He spent twelve years watching the elder to see if he was ever even once upset, but he never saw him upset; and this was in these present times when there is so much negligence and insubordination in vogue.
“Who ever kept his eyes so firmly riveted to the ground as our saintly father George?” said his disciple. “Who ever so shut the doors of his ears as this blessed one? Who was there who kept his tongue a prisoner as did our father? What ray of the sun ever shone on the earth so brightly as this, our father, illuminated the hearts of us all?”