“If a man obtains chastity, he will be able to see God’s angels…chastity will enable him to see the unseen through the Divine vision, and God would unveil the secrets of the spiritual world to him. In other words, he would be able to see the souls of those who have departed, our fathers the hermits would also be visible to him in their full form, including their whereabouts. He would be able to see them through the eyes of the body as well as the eyes of the soul.”

—Abouna Faltaous El-Souriani