“Therefore, let us be careful of slothfulness and negligence. These are the worst demons that exist. They make you fall apart, they tear you to shreds, and you cannot even pick up a prayer rope. I am telling you this from personal experience. If one is not careful, he will reach a point where, upon seeing the prayer rope, he will wonder how he is going to take it in his hands. However, when he stands up straight and says ‘I am going to get up; I am going to stand; I will put my feet together and begin praying’. Then you will see how quickly the demons of sloth, indolence, and depression will leave”

—Blessed Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou